Hitachi DZBD7HA, often hailed as the First Blu-ray camcorder competes with the camcorders with HD DVD formats already existing in the digital field. This bold move was made by Hitachi with a view of making path-breaking venture into consumer camcorders by leaving behind the ferocious competitors. By taking a giant leap to Blu-ray technology, it has taken the consumers by surprise and the market has tried its level best to respond positively to this over-priced gizmo.

Targeted mainly at home video-makers, this camcorder has the following features and specifications: 30 GB built-in hard-disk drive,1/ 2.8 CMOS sensor, 10x optical zoom, Blu-ray disc (8cm), manual control of focus, white balance, auto-focus, microphone jack, external battery charger, USB 2.0, built-in interactive support manual, battery for remote,  HDMI, Image Mixer 3HD, disk cleaning cloth, 2.7” widescreen LCD, single-touch dubbing feature, Lithium-ion batteries, SD slot, multi-connector AV cable, photo capture, Remote control Unit one-second quick start, Transcoding etc.

Hitachi DZBD7HA is a user-friendly camcorder with its own set of obvious drawbacks like any other gizmo in the digital world. The advantage of using this camcorder is that it is compatible with 5 types of industry standard disks, a feature that is not usually found in other camcorders. You can even select your favorite frame from the video and make it into a still photo of 2.1 MP resolutions with the help of photo capture feature. It comes handy when you’ve missed taking special shots while shooting the video.

Efforts have been made to minimize the noise and to keep the power consumption at low while shooting the videos. If you want to convert a video stored in the HDD in the high definition format to the DVDs of standard definition then you need to use the transcoding feature available in the camcorder. Have a wonderful shooting experience with Hitachi DZBD7HA!