Western Digital releases 2 Terabyte HDD

Lake Forest bit fisherman Western Digital has now rolled out another hard drive with the almost magical capacity of 2TB.

Part of the AV-GP family, which is aimed towards use in set top boxes, DVD recorders, and mainstream surveillance systems, the new drive has a SATA 3.0 Gbps interface, 32MB of buffer, the SilkStream feature to provide smooth, continuous digital video playback of up to 12 simultaneous HD streams, and it makes use of GreenPower technology in order to have a power consumption up to 40% lower than that of similar HDDs.

“Our consumer electronics customers require hard drives that consume less power, generate less heat, and operate quietly,” said Jim Welsh, senior vice president and general manager of WD’s branded products and consumer electronics groups. “Audio and video recording applications, such as DVRs, media servers, media centers, and mainstream surveillance systems, often demand 24×7 operation from hard drives. Our drives meet the demanding requirements of these markets including higher reliability, universal compatibility, low power consumption and the ability to simultaneously record multiple audio and/or high-definition video streams.”

The WD20EVDS 2TB drive is now shipping and has a recommended price tag of $299.