The flagship Hitachi Blu-Ray/30GB HDD/DVD Hybrid Camcorder provides Blu-ray disc (BD) recording capability along with a 30 GB built-in Hard Disk Drive (HDD). Rocketing into the marketplace as the ultimate combination of capacity and convenience, it delivers outstanding recording time and virtually unbeatable reliability. The Blu-ray generation has landed! Hitachi Blu-Ray/30GB HDD/DVD Hybrid Camcorder - Model #DZBD7HAF Features: Multicoat lens (12 element in 9-group, 18-sided) developed especially for the Hitachi Blu-ray Disc camcorder - achieves superb image quality; highly refractive glass Transcoding - allows users to select HD video stored on the HDD to be transferred to standard definition DVD copies using the 1-touch dubbing feature Easy editing functions within the camcorder - split, delete, connect and more without a PC In-camera 1-touch dubbing function - burn Blu-ray disc copies from HDD Widescreen 2.7-inch LCD 16:9 widescreen recording Optical/Digital Zoom: 10x/500x2 - superzoom magnifies without sacrificing clarity Photo Capture - select any frame from video and record onto SD card Power-saving Quick Start - 1 second from standby mode to record Built-in Interactive Guide - user-friendly instructions built into the unit Image Stabilization - electronic Disc Navigation - instant access to selected scenes and in-camera editing features Records in 3 formats - HD, BD and DVD 8cm BD-RE/-R/DVD Drive - compact, low-power consuming Key Specifications: Recording Time - HDD: 4 hours HX mode (1920x1080), 5.3 hours HF mode (1440x1080), 8 hours HS mode (1440x1080); BD1: 1 hour HX mode (1920x1080), 1.3 hours HF mode (1440x1080), 2 hours HS mode (1440x1080); DVD1: 20 Min /SX mode (720x480), 30 Min/SF mode (720x480) Recording Formats - HDD: 30GB HDD Embedded; BD1: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 BD-R Ver.2.0/BD-RE Ver.3.0 ); DVD1: MPEG-2 DVD VR/DVD-Video Mode Recording Media - 30GB HDD Embedded; BD1: 8cm BD-RE/-R; DVD1: 8cm DVD-R/-RW/-RA