Hitachi launches the World's First Blu-Ray Camcorders

Hitachi have launched two versions of the world's first Blu-ray disc camcorder - the DZ-BD70A and DZ-BD7HA.

The DZ-BD70A is a single drive camcorder that can record approximately one hour of FullHD 1920x1080 high definition video on an 8cm single-sided Blu-ray disc. Lifelike image reproduction and rich, immersive color are a result of Hitachi's 5.3 mega pixel CMOS image sensor and HD quality 12-element lens system.

Not only can the DZ-BD70A record high definition video to Blu-ray discs, it also comes with an SD card slot for storing digital still photos at 4.32 mega pixel max resolution. A unique Hitachi feature called Photo Capture allows users to search though recordings on a Blu-ray disc, grab any still frame of video and save it as a photo to the SD card slot in 2.1 mega pixel resolution.

The DZ-BD70A also allows video to be recorded in standard definition quality to DVD discs (DVD-R/-RW/-RAM).

The DZ-BD7HA camcorder provides the Blu-ray disc recording capability along with a 30 gigabyte built-in Hard Disk Drive that can record approximately four hours of 1920x1080 high definition video or up to eight hours of 1440x1080 high definition video. Also, with the simple push of a button, it can copy the contents from HDD to BD within the camcorder itself. Easy editing functions such as split, delete and connect can also be made right in the camcorder before using the 1-touch dubbing function to burn Blu-ray disc copies.

Hitachi features in its new Blu-ray Disc camcorders:

- 8cm BD/DVD Drive
- 30 Gigabytes of HDD Capacity Rivals That of Notebook Computers
- High Definition, Distortion-less Lens
- CMOS Image Sensor
- Simple and Innovative Designs
- Interactive User Guide