Seagate talked extensively about its work with Humax to integrate 2.5inch hard disks into LCD TVs at CES Unveiled. This would turn the TV into a Personal Video Recorder, giving it functions such as pause, rewind and fast forwarding of live TV, without needing a seperate box.

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Meanwhile, Seagate was also pushing its 8GB Compact Flash card, which it launched in December.

Although aimed at digital SLR photographers, the company believed it would also attract people that like to also shoot video clips using their compact cameras.

However its current cost of $259 will put off many buyers, although prices should quickly drop over the coming 12 months.

Seagate and its rivals in the flash media sector are also working on how to make other flash drives, such as SD, 8GB.