Hitachi has unveiled the DZ-BD70 and DZ-BD7H, the Blu-ray camcorders in Japan. Both of them has 8cm Blu-Ray drive and a 30GB hard drive, a BD-R/RE have a capacity of 7.5 GB and can record up to 60 minutes of 1,920 x 1,080 MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video, while that 30GB can stored up to 4 hours of full HD video. They have a 5.3 megapixel CMOS sensor delivering 2.07 megapixel videos or 4.32 megapixel stills. Others include USB, HDMI and SD card slot. More pictures after the jump.


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Here’s the Samsung new released SC-HMX10, an HD-based flash camcorder with 8GB built-in flash memory and SD card expansion slot. It features 1/6″ CMOS sensor and 10x optical zoom, 2.7″ LCD touch-screen, HDMI output and mini-USB port. The Samsung SC-HMX10 will be available in September for $800.

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Sony has released a pocket camcorder called the NSC-GC1 Net-sharing CAM target on YouTube crowd. Net-sharing CAM shoots out QVGA (320×240) video at 15 frames per second and VGA (640×480) at 30 frames per second. Videos are all recorded in Sony’s Memory Stick DUO memory cards. Package includes the Picture Motion Browser and PMB Portable software to helps streamline uploading videos to the Web, instead of heading to YouTube uploading pages, the software will helps to directly publish your videos to the Web. Besides video shooting, this Net-sharing CAM also works as a 5-megapixel camera with built-in flash. The Sony NSC-GC1 Net-sharing CAM will hit stores in September for $200 and it’s available for preorder starting July 19.

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Here’s the Black Box DVR which claimed as the world’s smallest and lightest video recorder. It measures 2.28 square inches and measures only 45 grams. Video will be recorded in 640X480 resolution and save to miniSD card. Its miniSD card slot supports up to 4GB. Black Box comes complete in its own Silver Case with all necessary accessories, software and cables. The Black Box DVR is available for $499.95.

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Canon has released a digital camcorder that can burn your video to DVD, the iVIS HR10. Video can be recorded in MP4 or H.264 format. This HDV/AVCHD camcorder comes with a 2.7-inch wide screen, is 3.2 megapixel, a10x optical zoom lens, a Full HD 1920 x 1080 CMOS image sensor (1080i) and uses AVCHD video format and you also get features like Instant AF focus system, DIGIC DV II, and Super Range Optical Image Stabilization. The Canon’s iVIS HR10 will arrives somewhere in August fro $1200. More shots after the jump.


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Good news to all Sony AVCHD Handycam users, you don’t have to waste time connecting your camcorder to your PC and burn it to CD. You can now directly burn to DVD using the Sony new released VRD-MC5. It is a DVD burner connects directly to their AVCHD HD camcorders via USB. It also works with SR5, HDR-SR7, HDR-SR8, and HDR-CX7 Handycam. Available in Japan this August 10th for $247.

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Sanyo has released a new camcorder which claimed as the world’s first waterproof camcorder the Xactic E1. It can withstand a depth level up to 5 feet for 30 minutes. Video will be recorded in H.264/MPEG format onto an SD or SDHC memory card directly. You can also capture a 6-megapixels still image with this camcorder and it features anti-shake digital image stabilizer. The Sanyo Xactic E1 will be ship out this June. More details after the jump.


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The Iconix HD-RH1 claimed to be the smallest pro-quality HD video camera in the market. It measures 1.32″ x 1.50″ x 1.92″ and weighs only 2.5 oz. Each purchase of this will comes with a fibre-optic output and the RCP-160 control panel. You can choose and put on half a dozen of the RH1 cameras. Film can be saved in 35 different formats and frame rates include - 1080p, 1080sf, 1080i, 720p to NTSC and PAL. The updated version on Iconix HD-RH1 will be available this coming June.


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At just 500 bucks you can get yourself camcorder with a 7.1-megapixel CCD and capable of recording 720p HD video, the Canon PowerShot TX1. Aside from that, you will also get a 10x optical zoom, a Digic image processor, face detection technology, 14 shooting modes, and ISO 80-1600 settings. Video after the jump.


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