World's First Blu-ray Camcorders By Fall?

[HardOCP News]

Hitachi says that it could have the world’s first Blu-ray camcorders on the market by the end of the year. The page is in Japanese so bring a translator if you want to do more than look at the pictures.

Hitachi, Ltd., developed 8cm BD/DVD drive and codec LSI, image processing LSI and 530 ten thousand pixel CMOS image sensors etc. as the basic technology which is directed to the actualization of the full HD record corresponding video camera of the 1,920×1,080 dot.

 

[dawp]

interesting looking design

 

[RoBo]

I suppose this is where blue-ray shines over hd-dvd.

 

[Fooshnik]

That's pretty cool. It has a Norelco razor built in to the top, so you can get that clean shave while you record.

 

[LeTUOtter]

That's pretty cool. It has a Norelco razor built in to the top, so you can get that clean shave while you record.

That was worth a lol.

 

[munkle]

Im not to sure how that camera works? If you look into the top piece the lens is pointing into your chest.

 

[RoBo]

Im not to sure how that camera works? If you look into the top piece the lens is pointing into your chest.

Doesn't it like swing round?

 

[zero002021]

You could also buy a regular High-Definition camcorder and record to the format of your choice.

 

[jmackay]

Im not to sure how that camera works? If you look into the top piece the lens is pointing into your chest.

Well everyone was saying that the porn industry was going to decide the format war

 

[UrielDagda]

Yay, parents can now take videos of their kids that will embarrass them later, now in full HD!

 

[alphaone]

The two shown look like pretty clumsy designs to me..