Hitachi to launch unnamed 1080p Blu-Ray camcorder

Blu-ray, Camcorders
Share

Hitachi is to launch a 1080p Blu-Ray camcorder – but it’s still some time off and without a product name so far.

But we do know some things about it. For a start, it should be the world’s first camcorder to record directly to Blu-Ray, recording to three-inch BD-R/RE discs, capable of storing 7GB of data. Ok, that’s probably less than you were expecting, given the capacity of Blu-ray discs, but it’s still up on a conventional DVD. On a more positive note, it features a 5.3-megapixel CMOS sensor that captures images in 1080p, as well as AVC/H.264 MPEG-4 encoding for better HD compression, plus MPEG-2 if you want to record in SD.

There’s talk of a Japanese release towards the end of the year, so us poor Europeans will probably be waiting a year.

Hitachi website
Via Electronista

Related posts
JVC launches Everio GZ-HD3 camcorder – HD on an SD card
Sony’s YouTube-friendly NSC-GC1 pocket camcorder
Samsung launch new range of MiniDV and DVD camcorders

Like Tech Digest? Join our Facebook Group

For latest tech stories go to TechDigest.tv


Discover more from Tech Digest

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.