Hitachi DZ-BD10HA Next Generation Blu-ray Disc Hybrid Camcorder

Hitachi launches next generation Blu-ray Disc hybrid camcorder with the ability to save on the next generation HD format, Blu-ray.

The of Hitachi Consumer Group includes several new features and improvements. A new 7-megapixel CMOS image sensor, which captures rich and vibrant videos and images FullHD (1920 x 1080) high definition.

The model Hitachi DZ-BD10HA model Blu-ray Hybrid with 30GB Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is the price manufacturers announced a price (MAP) of $ 999. The camcorder will be available in Japan in August 9th and will be available in North America in September 2008 new DZ-BD10HA can also record up to 4 hours and 20 minutes of 1920 × 1080 video or 8 hours and 40 minutes 1440 × 1080 video on the integration of the 30 GB hard drive. In addition, the integration of the SD card slot provides more flexibility by allowing Full HD video and still recordings.

Another new feature added to the camcorder is the Face Detection, which automatically detects and focuses on faces to provide the most true to life color accuracy and clarity.

The new DZ-BD10HA also provides a copy function that allows full HD video to be transferred to the push of a button from the hard drive or SDHC card of the BD drive, all in the camcorder without having to connect to a PC. Editing functions such as split, splice, delete, merge, and transitions may also be conducted in camera before dubbing for additional features. This allows for transcoding camcorder to transfer full HD video on the hard drive or SDHC card standard definition DVD to share videos.

In addition, Hitachi has developed a compact, low energy consumption, quiet and highly reliable 8cm BD / DVD-ROM, causing a 20% reduction in volume compared to last year DZ-BD7HA Blu-ray camcorder hybrid.

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