Hitachi DZ HS300A UltraVision

Even with all the flaws, I have to give Hitachi some praise for designing this hybrid.

Whether you'd like to record video to a hard drive or a DVD, the Hitachi DZHS300A has you covered.

If you can't decide whether a hard drive or DVD camcorder is right for you, consider the hybrid Hitachi DZHS300A ($570 as of April 24, 2007). This camcorder comes with both a Mini DVD drive capable of recording in all the now-standard formats (-R, -RW,...

The Hitachi DZ-HS300A ($599 MSRP) is an interesting camcorder, even in a year marked by a veritable flowering of diversity. There are standard definition cams that record to DVD, flash, HDD, and tape in DV and numerous flavors of MPEG-2 and MPEG-4...

A Hitachi camcorder captured the hearts and wallets of Japan last year with a unique ability to record video to both DVD and an internal 8 GB hard disk drive (HDD). Hitachi has since sent the concept abroad, arriving at our shores as the Hitachi...

Hitachi has a new concept that puts two robust recording formats into one camcorder. The hybrid series has a hard drive disk (HDD) and a DVD recording drive, which gives consumer shooters much more flexibility. The DZHS300A comes with 8GB HDD that can...

The Hitachi DZ-HS300A comes equipped with a 1/6" CCD with a 680,000 gross pixel count. This is the most common imager size for low-end camcorders, and it's surprising that a model close to $600 would settle for something so low quality. In video mode,...

I love digital video cameras. Making and watching movies, especially of the stupid … I mean quirky things my kids do, like that time .. Well, maybe later. Anyway, as much as I like camcorders, I don't use them a whole lot because in many ways they're a...