Hitachi DZ-BD70 Specification Sheet

HITACHI UNVEILS THE WORLD'S FIRST

Two New Camcorders Capable of Recording One Hour 1920x1080 Full High-Definition Video

8cmBD/DVD Drive+30GB HDD Cam DZ-BD7H

TOKYO August 2, 2007 - Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT / TSE:6501) announced the world's first Blu-ray Disc

(BD) Camcorder, -which records one hour of 1920x1080 Full High-Definition video onto a BD (single

side, single layer.) The new camcorders will start selling in Japan on August 30, 2007, and overseas

market sequentially starting from October.

The new DZ-BD7H is a Hybrid Cam with a BD drive and a 30 gigabyte (GB) built-in hard disc drive (HDD)

which can record approximately four hours of 1920x1080 full high-definition video, or up to eight hours of

1440x1080 high-definition video. It can also copy the contents from HDD to 8cm BD within the camcorder

so that users do not need to use any external devices.

The new DZ-BD70 is a BD single drive camcorder which can record approximately one hour of 1920x1080

full high-definition video (two hours of 1440x1080 high definition video) on a 8cm BD.

The new BD camcorders have a system which captures, records and stores 1920x1080 full high-definition

video throughout the whole process with its newly developed full high-definition lens, 5.3 mega pixel

progressive CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor

pixels for video and 4.32 mega pixels for still photo, the newly developed full high definition signal processor

"Picture Master Full HD," and the world's first 8cm BD drive, which can record 1920x1080 full high definition

video on a 8cm BD which has 5 times more capacity than a 8cm DVD.

■ Model Name and Introduction (Japan)

Product

Model Name

DZ-BD7H

BD Camcorder

DZ-BD70

■ Background of Development

Non-tape media camcorders such as DVD and HDD camcorders have grown to dominate more than

80% of the camcorder market

consumer camcorder market

Hitachi, with its corporate statement "Inspire the Next, " has been creating new product categories and

established new standards in the industry. In 2000, Hitachi introduced the world's first DVD camcorder,

and in 2006, the world's first hybrid camcorder with a DVD drive and an HDD drive, which makes it easy

to dub the contents on the HDD to the DVD. The spirit behind the innovation was always a careful

consideration of the customer's needs.

on a Blu-ray Disc

Image

HDD

Sensor

Approx.

30GB

5.3Mega

-

Pixels

High definition camcorders have taken more than 30% of the

(*3).

and are expected to continue growing.

(*3),

1

BLU-RAY DISC CAMCORDER

(*1)

8cmBD/DVD Drive Cam DZ-BD70

(*2)

Suggested

Selling Starts

Retail Price

Aug.30, 2007

Open

Aug.30, 2007

with effective 2.07 mega

Initial

Production/Month

20,000 units