http://movie.diginfo.tv At a press conference in Tokyo on the 31st of January, 2008, Hitachi announced the release of their latest line of Blu-ray and HDD based video cameras. Improving on the DZ-BD7 and 7H which were released in japan last year, the new DZ-BD9H features a 60Gb HDD which can store up to 9 hours of full 1920 x 1080 HD footage and can also store 1 hour of footage on 8cm, 7.5Gb blu-ray discs. Kazuto Shimagami, Senior Manager, Digital AV Products Division, Hitachi: "We released the worlds first Blu-ray based camera last fall, and these cameras are a development from that. We have improved the storage to 60Gb so users can shoot and store a lot of footage. Compared with the previous models it has 1000 scanlines and a higher resolution. It also includes a Blu-ray Disc menu with other accessories, in addition to this we have also developed HDD only based cameras." The DZ-BD9H features an improved image processing system consisting of a new lens which allows for...