Hitachi's DZ-BD10HA camcorder offers the versatility of recording HD video onto three separate formats - Blu-ray Disc, Hard Drive and SDHC.

Featuring a 7 mega pixel CMOS image sensor, the new DZ-BD10HA can record up to 4 hours 20 minutes of 1920x1080 video or 8 hours 40 minutes of 1440x1080 video onto the built-in 30 GB HDD. Additionally, the built-in SDHC card slot allows Full HD video and still recordings.


Full HD video can be transferred from either the HDD or SDHC card to the BD drive, all within the camcorder. Editing functions such as split, splice, delete, merge and transitions can also be performed within the camcorder before dubbing. The transcoding feature allows for the camcorder to transfer full HD videos off the HDD or SDHC card to standard definition DVD discs.

The camcorder will be available in Japan on August 9th and in North America in September.