Hitachi takes the guess work out of having to choose a camcorder format by combining the long recording times of hard disk drives and the easy-to-share attributes of DVDs. Consumers can record up to 23 hours of home videos and then dub a highlight reel to a DVD disk with a simple push of a button, bypassing the PC completely.
Hitachi America, Ltd. today unveiled a new generation of UltraVision camcorders that include the first two hybrid products capable of recording video directly to either formats. The DZH500A model, which was selected as a CES Innovations 2007 honoree in the Portable Electronics: Audio/Video category and records onto a wide array of DVD formats, including DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM and DVD+RW, features a 30GB hard drive, 30X optical zoom, SD memory card slot, and will be available in April for about $800. The DZHS300A, available today at retailers nationwide for about $600, features an 8GB hard drive, 25X optical zoom and SD memory card slot.
Hitachi Hybrid Camcorders lets consumers shoot and capture many hours of home movie memories directly to the built-in hard drive without changing discs or tapes or running out of space and then transfer to DVD right in the camcorder with the push of a button.
"The Hitachi Hybrid DVD+HDD camcorders provide customers with the ultimate convenience of a single, affordable device capable of supporting the two most popular video formats on the market today," said Jeff Fochtman, product manager for Hitachi America, Ltd., Ubiquitous Platform Systems Division. "Customers who value ease of use in a high-technology product are very excited about the hybrid camcorder's ability to dub multiple DVDs straight from the camcorder's hard drive."
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