Hitachi readies Blu-ray camcorder

August 2nd, 2007

Hitachi is first off the blocks globally to bring us a Blu-ray camcorder this August 30th in JApan, with worldwide releases to follow in October. There won’t be one, but two Blu-ray camcorders released - the DZ-BD70 and DZ-BD7H. The DZ-BD70 is capable of recording only to 8cm Blu-ray discs, while the DZ-BD7H is not only capable of what the former can do, it also comes with a 30GB hard drive in case you run out of Blu-ray discs. Chances are most people will gun for the DZ-BD7H as it makes more sense to have an emergency recording media at hand for those impromptu moments. The DZ-BD70 and DZ-BD7H will retaill for $1,300 and $1,600 respectively when available. Looks like it is time to upgrade everything else in your home to be compatible with other high definition-ready products.