IFA 2007: Hitachi Blu-ray Camcorders
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Posted September 4, 2007 06:48 PM by Webmaster
We recently had a chance to check out Hitachi's booth at IFA where they were displaying new products and the main focus was on their recently announced Blu-ray camcorders. The camcorders come in two models, DZ-BD70E and DZ-BD7HE, which both record video in full 1080p HD (using MPEG-4 AVC) on 8cm Blu-ray discs. They are also backwards compatible with DVD and can record SD on 8cm DVDs. The main difference between the camcorders is that the DZ-BD7HE comes featured with a 30GB HDD, which can also be used for recording.
We spent a few minutes playing around with the camcorders and checking out their features. The camcorders are light, easy to use, responsive and have fast access times. Unfortunately the camcorders weren't hooked up to a HDTV, so we couldn't see the actual result and video quality on anything other than on the small display, but overall we were very impressed. The Blu-ray camcorders with the small 8cm BD-R/BD-RE discs also show Blu-ray's versatility as a recording format.
The camcorders are already available on the Japanese market and will be released in the US and Europe in October. The DZ-BD70E will retail for €1,300 and the DZ-BD7HE for €1,500.
We spent a few minutes playing around with the camcorders and checking out their features. The camcorders are light, easy to use, responsive and have fast access times. Unfortunately the camcorders weren't hooked up to a HDTV, so we couldn't see the actual result and video quality on anything other than on the small display, but overall we were very impressed. The Blu-ray camcorders with the small 8cm BD-R/BD-RE discs also show Blu-ray's versatility as a recording format.
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| Hitachi's booth | 8cm BD-R and BD-RE media | DZ-BD70E with tripod | |
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| Hitachi's DZ-BD70E Blu-ray camcorder |
DZ-BD70E specs |
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| Hitachi's DZ-BD7HE Blu-ray camcorder |
DZ-BD7HE specs |
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The camcorders are already available on the Japanese market and will be released in the US and Europe in October. The DZ-BD70E will retail for €1,300 and the DZ-BD7HE for €1,500.