Toshiba Selects Maxtor QuickView Consumer Hard Drives for HDD & DVD Video Recorder Series

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MILPITAS, Calif. and TOKYO, Dec. 10 – Maxtor

Corporation (NYSE: MXO), a worldwide leader in hard disk drives and consumer
storage products, today announced that its Maxtor(R) QuickView(R) consumer
electronics (CE) hard drives have been selected for Toshiba’s HDD & DVD video
recorder series — RD-XS32, RD-XS35 and RD-X4. These new offerings come
equipped with Maxtor QuickView 80GB, 160GB, and 250GB hard disk drives which
are designed specifically for consumer electronics applications and recording
devices.

“We are pleased to offer our new HDD & DVD video recorders with Maxtor
QuickView CE hard drives,” said Hiroyuki Tokoro, technology executive of
Digital AV, Digital Media Network Company at Toshiba Corporation. “We rely on
Maxtor’s QuickView brand of advanced drives so our customers can experience
the very best quality there is to offer in a HDD recorder today.”

“Maxtor continues to be the leading supplier of hard disk drives for
consumer electronics products,” according to Mike Paxton, a senior analyst
with technology research firm In-Stat/MDR. “The QuickView consumer hard drive
offers a proven storage solution for the latest generation of digital
entertainment devices.”

“We are pleased to expand our relationship with Toshiba to include
QuickView drives in the new HDD & DVD video recorder series,” said Mike
Cordano, executive vice president, worldwide sales and marketing at Maxtor.
“Combined with Maxtor’s industry leadership, strength of MaxLabs(TM)
integration services and the solid relationship between our companies, we are
able to provide the consumer with the highest value and quality.”

Availability and Pricing
Toshiba’s RD-XS32, RD-XS35 and RD-X4 are now available in Japan. Please
contact your local dealer for pricing.

About RD-XS32, RD-XS35 and RD-X4
Toshiba’s RD-XS32, RD-XS35 and RD-X4 announced as Toshiba’s “RD-Style”
series are new products equipped with the “DVD Multi-drive.” Supporting DVD-RW
along with traditional DVD-RAM and DVD-R functions, users can select the
appropriate media. Each HDD equipped with 80GB, 160GB, and 250GB is enough to
support volume storing and editing of TV programs and BS broadcasting
programs. Compared with the RD-XS32 and RD-XS35, RD-X4 is the top level model
which realizes high-resolution and high-quality due to enhancement of playback
circuit.

Toshiba RD-XS32, RD-XS35 and RD-X4
Maxtor