Hitachi DZ BD70

James gets to grips with Hitachi's DZ-BD70E - a Full HD camcorder that can record to Blu-ray discs.

Given the current popularity of DVD camcorders and the demise of HD DVD, you could be forgiven for thinking that the world would be beating a path to Blu-ray's door. That's patently not the case.

Compared with the sylph-like AVCHD camcorders on the market, the Blu-ray recording Hitachi DZ-BD70E is something of a monster.

Since the introduction of iMovie HD in 2005, high-definition movie making has come a long way. We take a look at a group of HD camcorders to see what they have to offer the Mac-using movie maker.

This full-HD Blu-Ray camcorder has a 5.3-megapixel, 1/2.8-inch CMOS sensor with full-HD Picture Master processing. As well as a 2.7-inch LCD screen, it has a 10x optical and 500x digital zoom. As well as an SD card slot, it also has HDMI, AV and...

James Morris tries out Hitachi's new camcorder, capable of recording directly onto Blu-ray discs

Bisher zeichnen HD-Camcorder ihre Inhalte auf Flash-Speichermedien oder auf Festplatten auf – die bislang gebräuchlichen kleinen DVD-Rohlinge haben einfach zu wenig Kapazität für hochauflösendes Material. Hitachi bietet nun die ersten Camcorder, die...

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