Cebit 2002 - Hitachi

Hitachi is broadening the appeal of its DVDcamcorder concept with the launch of three new models, all of which offer DVD-R /DVD-RAM recording compatibility. As it is well known, a DVD-R is a write-once disc that holds 30-minutes of high quality DVD video and can be played back in DVD players and DVD-ROM drives. Hitachi offers the option to use a DVD-RAM disc as the initial rewritable recording medium, edit your footage in your PC (either using USB computer connection plus Hitachi's optional PC editing software, or via a PC DVD-RAM/DVD-ROM drive) and than "burn" back onto DVD-R - via the camcorder - for maximum compatibility.

Users can also select between extended recording time or increased recording quality where the DVD-RAM discs are concerned. They hold a minimum of 40-minutes of the highest quality DVD video (20min/side), one hour of high quality DVD video (30min/side) or two hours of standard quality video. The three new camcorders are the "DZ-MV200E", "DZ-MV230E" and "DZ-MV270E". The "DZ-MV200E" and "DZ-MV230E" will be available in April 2002 while "DZ-MV270E" will be available in July 2002.