Late last year, it was reported that Hitachi was developing a Blu-ray Disc camcorder. It appears that Hitachi is now ready to make two Blu-ray camcorders (DZ-BD70A, DZ-BD7HA) available for consumers. The DZ-BD70A offers BD-R/RE format recording, as well as the ability to record standard resolution video on DVD-R/-RW/-RAM discs. On the other hand, the DZ-BD7HA also includes a 30 Gigabyte hard drive. This feature enables the user to record high definition or standard resolution video on the hard drive and then dub the recorded video to either Blu-ray Disc or standard DVDs. In addition, both camcorders can also take high resolution still images.
How does the availability of Blu-ray Disc camcorders relate to Home Theater? You will be able to play true high definition video recorded on a Blu-ray camcorder directly on a home Blu-ray Disc player, and view it on an HDTV in all its glory. Until standalone Blu-ray Disc recorders become available for home use, Blu-ray Disc camcorders and PCs with Blu-ray Disc writers would be the only methods available to record home video onto Blu-ray discs. Of course, no information is available on the price point for either the camcorders or blank discs. Unless the price of the blank discs approaches the price of miniDV tape or standard DVD-R discs, recording home video on Blu-ray discs may be an expensive proposition, at least in the near term.
Source: http://hometheater.about.com
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