Just looking at the Hitachi DVD Recorders and if I'm not mistaken, the DV-RX2000 looks like the Panasonic E30. Does that mean Hitachi will also be marketing the HS2 under their own brand name and model number? No idea from the Japanese website. The DV-RX2000 spec can be found here:
http://dvd.hitachi.co.jp/product/video/index.html
Doug
http://dvd.hitachi.co.jp/product/video/index.html
Doug