Pipeline HD™ Hard Drives

Pipeline HD drives deliver the industry’s leading combination of video streaming and lowest power usage with room for at least 1,000 hours of your favorite SD content and an AFR as low as 0.55%.

Supporting capacities up to 1TB, Seagate® Pipeline HD™ series hard drives were designed to deliver 24x7, reliable operation with performance tuning oriented toward low-power consumption, silent operation and smooth video streaming performance. With the ability to support up to 10 simultaneous streams of HD content and operate at baseplate temperatures of up to 75°C, they provide reliable storage that enables consumers to take full advantage of premium services like video on demand. Boasting the industry's lowest overall power consumption profiles and coupled with the Seagate commitment to recyclability, Pipeline HD drives are more than green; they offer customers a comprehensive sustainability value proposition which incorporates leading environmental stewardship coupled with a focus on customer satisfaction.

Key Features and Benefits

• Eco-friendly and best-in-class power savings enabling the most energy-efficient system designs
• Industry-leading reliability in an always-on environment supports longevity of consumer electronics and low-power applications.
• Designed for cool, quiet, worry-free, 24x7 operations
• Performance enhanced for multimedia streaming applications
• Seagate SoftSonic™ motor technology enables years of ultraquiet, worry-free operation with acoustics performance as low as 1.9 bels.
• Up to 1-TB capacity enabling up to 200 hours of HD storage or 1000 hours of SD television recording.
• Sweet-spot capacities enable premium television services such as video on demand, high-definition storage and multi-room streaming for DVRs and media centers.
• Seagate Think Green™ sustainability goes beyond green with improved reliability, low power consumption, leading recycling programs, RoHS compliance, PVC free, halogen free and brominated flame retardant free

Best-Fit Applications

• DVR and media center applications
• Low power appliances and devices
• Home theater PCs
• IPTV
• Multimedia hard drive recorders
• Karaoke and audio jukeboxes

*One HD stream is 20 MB/s.

• Pipeline HD Product Overview
• Pipeline HD Data Sheet