A terabyte of storage sounds like something a missile base may need, but Sony has started selling a consumer device with that much room.
The Vaio Type X, which is available only in Japan, is a home server that contains four 250GB hard drives: two for PC files and two others for audiovisual materials such as stored TV programs and music. The machine, which costs about $5,000, also comes with seven TV tuners and a special interface that lets consumers see thumbnails of what they record. Sony released the device at CEATEC, a large tech show taking place here this week. The unusual configuration results from the vagaries of Japanese television. The country has seven network stations, and cable is not as common as in the United States. With Type X, people can record shows from all seven stations automatically and then delete what they don’t want to watch.
Source: c|net
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