IO Data unveils DiXiM HVL4-G2.0 NAS for Regza HDTVs

IO Data took the wraps off of a new HDD unit made specifically to attach to those new Regza ZH500s, the DiXim HVL4-G2.0 is compliant with the latest DLNA / DTCP-IP standards to easily record TV shows via the network. It's got space for four drives up to a maximum capacity of 2 TB in a RAID 5 array, limiting recording space to a max of 1.5 TB. Because of copy protection, it only records from Toshiba's TVs right now, and can be controlled completely via remote. Doubt we'll be seeing this here anytime soon, but it'll be on store shelves in Japan later this month for 111,615 ($1,090 US).

[Via AV Watch]

[hypereric @ Apr 9th 2008 6:38AM]

I don't understand these units that don't come with some easy access to the drives (the read link showed the backside). How is the average consumer supposed to take advantage of the RAID 5 if one of the drives takes a dump? Wouldn't it be better to go 10 (albeit with a storage decrease or a price increase for larger platters) with the drives in pull-out trays, then have an indicator on which drive took the dump, power it down, pull that one out and replace it, turn it back on, and the thing re-mirrors the surviving 0? Or for the amount they want, make it hot-swappable...

It looks like a disposable unit with "RAID 5" on it just to lure the average consumer into some sort of sense of security, whereupon when one of the drives go, the average joe suddenly finds out he has to pull the thing apart, yank out the bad drive, mount a new one inside, close it up again, and wait and wait and wait for it to rebuild the array...

[Marc @ Apr 9th 2008 8:09AM]

And the winner of this year's award for The Most Obscure Headline is........