Hitachi Unveils New HD Blu-ray Camcorder January 23, 2008

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Hitachi has taken the wraps off its second generation Blu-ray camcorder, the DZ-BD9H, and will be hoping that it gets a better reception than the first one, the DZ-BD7H.

The new model certainly looks nice and it’s classed as a Full HD camcorder, with a 60GB hard disk drive capable of recording 9 hours of 1920 x 1080 pixels MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video. If that’s not enough, you can also record to 8cm Blu-ray discs which can cope with an hour of Full HD material. Ten hours of Full HD should be enough for even the most avid ‘magic moments’ camcorder owner.

It sports a 2.7in display, a better 5.3 Megapixel CMOS sensor than the original had, and Adaptive DNR for reduced image noise and better colours.

It will ship in Japan first next month for around £850. A version without the Blu-ray disc slot, the DZ-HD90, will cost around £650.-Martin Lynch

[Mobilemag]

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