BANGALORE: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) announced the industry’s broadest family of ultra slim and light 7mm Z-height drives.

Of the two drives announced, CinemaStar drives are specifically designed for A/V streaming devices and power the most popular set-top boxes (STB), PVRs, portable video players, DVR-enabled TVs and video surveillance systems in the market today. This fifth generation 2.5-inch, 5400 RPM, 8MB cache, Serial ATA 3Gb/sec interface CinemaStar drive continues this tradition, delivering the right balance of capacity, power-management and outstanding low acoustics.
 
Continuing to push acoustic performance, as well as hard drive and systems reliability, Hitachi has implemented several design improvements to enhance its new CinemaStar Z5K320 drive family. At 1.9 idle / 2.0 seek bels, the new CinemaStar Z5K320 family delivers the quietest 7mm 2.5-inch experience for bedroom-quiet systems, claims Hitachi. Reliability enhancements include an improved protection scheme for power fluctuation and enhanced Thermal Fly-Height Control for improved error rates. 
 
The other series of drives that Hitachi has also launched are the TravelStar 7200 rpm and 5400 rpm drives that include the Travelstar Z7K320 and Travelstar Z5K320.