Hitachi Launches First Blu-ray Camcorder August 3, 2007

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I covered some early reports on this a week ago but now it’s all official and Hitachi really has gone and created the world’s first Blu-ray camcorder.

The company will launch two models. The first is the DZ-BD7H which sports a Blu-ray drive and a 30GB hard disk drive and can record up to record roughly four hours of 1920 x 1080 full high-def video, or 8 hours 1440x1080 high-def video.

The second model is the DZ-BD70, a non HDD version that can record a measly one hour of 1920 x 1080 video or two hours of 1440x1080 video on an 8cm BD disc. It might not sound like a lot on the second camera but those discs can still store five times more than a blank 8cm DVD.

The cameras are launch next month in Japan and worldwide in October. The prices – there – for the DZ-BD7H and DZ-BD70 are around £800 and £675, respectively.-Martin Lynch

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