Advantages: Value for money, great performance, additional drive utilities , SATA 300Gb/s
Disadvantages: Little noisy

...Product Description Hitachi DeskStar T7K250 - hard drive - 160 GB - SATA II Type Hard drive - internal Form Factor 3.5" x 1/3H Dimensions (WxDxH) 10.2 cm x 14.6 cm x 2.5 cm Weight 0.6 kg Capacity 160 GB Interface Type Serial ATA II Connector 22-position Serial ATA (SATA) plug Data Transfer Rate 300 MBps Average Seek Time 8.5 ms Spindle Speed 7200 rpm Buffer Size 8 MB This is one of the cheapest SATA 300Gb/s capable hard disk available in this capacity range. The hard disk has a SATA interface, regular 12v power connector, and also a SATA power interface. If your computer has the new SATA power connectors, you... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, Sata, Quite Cheap, Reliable
Disadvantages: Have to use Hitachi Software to Enable Sata II

...I was looking for something fast with a lot of storage for my new gaming PC that most of all I could rely on; I chose this drive because Hitachi is a big brand and one that has a good reputation for reliability. I managed to pick up this drive for £44 inc. VAT which is a complete steal for a Hitachi drive. If you buy the retail version you will get a 130 page instruction manual with every little detail about the drive in it as well as all the screws, cables etc but to be honest your much better off buying a OEM version which is identical but doesn't have all the nice packaging and screws etc so you end up saving about £15 or more. The installation is as easy as any other hard drive, just plug in the power and S-ata cables and your away. The only downside with this is to enable s-ata II which gives you a much faster transfer speed... Read review

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Advantages: Reliable, Quick, Quite, Good value for money
Disadvantages: Not a very high capasity

...If you are looking for an 80 GB hard disk for your PC, you have found the one to buy! I have been using 2 of these Hitachi Deskstar's in my PC for a long time now. I have had no problems with them. For the price you pay to buy one, you are getting cheap and reliable hard disk, witch has a good capacity to price ratio (around 2GB per pound). I would recommend this hard disk to anyone whom it is making up a new computer, or just needs more storage space. This hard disk is probable one of the quickest disks I have used, its read speed is good, but I must say, the SATA (serial ATA) version is about twice as quick, but for them that don't intend to go down the path of SATA Can just stick with the ATA-100 version (or IDE as it is more commonly known). Instillation of this disk is like every other hard disk on this planet, if you know... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, good drive
Disadvantages: No installation manual

...I bought an IBM Deskstar Hard Drive recently from Dabs.com (see opinion on that) and it seems to be pretty good. Unfortunately my machine is a year old, so hasn't got the motherboard to take full advantage of the data-transfer speeds offered by the IBM Deskstar. The specs of the hard drive I got are: 45 gigabyte 7200 rpm (fast by most standards) UDMA 100 - fastest available transfer speed at the moment Average access time: 8.5 ms The drive seems to perform fairly well but has lower access speeds than my existing HD, though this may be because it's sharing the IDE cable - not sure why. All in all it's very good value for money (I only paid £130 or so), and the storage has been reliable so far, although I am disappointed about the data-transfer speeds. *** Installing a Hard Drive OK... now this is what I had... Read review

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Advantages: Big, fast, fairly quiet. + CHEAP
Disadvantages: IDE?

...of the hard drive. You can, however, hear some sound when you are doing intense hard disk activity, such as saving a huge file, or defragging. The Deskstar 75GXP 30.7Gb has UDMA100, though I only have UDMA66, it will still be useful when I upgrade my motherboard. It's access time is 8.5ms which is pretty good now. There are new IBM technoligies which minimise problems, including SMART capabilities. You can download certain programs from the IBM website which you can run in the background and can monitor for errors in your hard drive. Due to its huge capacity I do recommend partitioning your hard drive, you can use IBM's supplied software or DOS's fdisk. I tried the IBM software, but I found it difficult to make it recognise it as a FAT32 file system, so I used Fdisk instead. Setting it up is quite easy. Partitioning just splits your hard... Read review

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Advantages: Raw speed and power
Disadvantages: none

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Advantages: Extremely Reliable
Disadvantages: A little noisy, but you'd need a decimeter to prove it!

...The Hitachi 160GB (SATA Version) is truly an exceptional drive. Whereas Maxtor are known for their low prices and Western Digital for their performance, Hitachi have truly captured the market as a result of the reliability of their products. And so it is with the 160GB Hard Drive. As far as hard drives go, it's pretty standard. It installs the same way, works the same way, even looks the same way, unless you count the different logo. I personally have 2 of these drives, having bought them as a replacement for my previous Maxtor drives, after one o them failed irrecoverably and the other failed but did not have guarenteed reliability. I have found that the Hitachi drive is slightly noisier than the Maxtor, although this is only really noticeable if you are lyying next to your case with it lying open, and even then only... Read review

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Advantages: True 17" size, Good resolution, V good brightness, Ultra fast response time, DVI output, Size, 3 year warranty
Disadvantages: Price, Base does not swivel

.... The stand tilts. *Dimensions: (H)x(W)x(D) - 15.5"x14.7"x8.0" *Weight 11.0 lbs. *Warranty* With the screen being quite expensive at this moment in time, I thought that the warranty was worth a special mention. There is a three year on site warranty with the Hitachi CML174SXWB. The warranty does not cover for the monitor going less bright with time as this is a natural occurrence, and obviously damage done by yourself to the monitor is not covered. The warranty is however excellent, and it was a main buying point for me to purchase the screen. *Where to buy* Currently, the following online websites sell the Hitachi CML174SXWB: http://www.dabs.com £371.29 (inc VAT) P&P £4.70 http://www.overclockers.co.uk £373.77 (inc VAT) P&P £8.66 Sorry there are no more, but the monitor is hard... Read review

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Advantages: Definately none
Disadvantages: No reimbursement

...We purchased a Hitachi 28" Pure Flat Screen TV in the January 2003 sales. A bargain reduced from £600 to £389. Unfortunately by February 2004 we had a problem with it. A grey screen with wavey diagonal lines and it kept turning itself off after about 5 seconds. Anyway - stupid like we didnt take the extended guarantee - which i would advise everyone to do - if you can afford it obviously. The TV was taken away by a local engineer and basically needed some extensive welding and it cost us £170 and we were left without the TV for 3 weeks. Well we werent happy as you can imagine so we tried to contact Hitachi. We telephoned our local Miller Brothers store who supplied it and they only had a fax number for Hitachi - nothing else !!! So I searched the web and found a few addresses and forward the original reciept... Read review

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Advantages: Easy setup, Reliable
Disadvantages: Perhaps a little noisey

...Nice product, got mine for £45 being a oem drive so no cabels were supplied etc .... It was easy to install format and partition with no problems, windows recognised the full size straight away, Jumper setting guide is on the drive an easy to follow, I use mine as my second drive with windows being installed on another but im always swapping files to and from drives and all my downloads go to the Hitachi and so far no errors, corruptions or anything of the sort, Speed seems reasonable transfers a 5Gb movie in about 2 mins with other things going on in the background all in all it seems very reliable the only complaint i would have is it does tend to get a little noisey at times but only a little and not as loud as my maxtor... Read review

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