New Drive For Dvd
Newcastle Herald
Monday February 21, 2000
HITACHI has unveiled details of a prototype DVD camera it plans to release in Australia later this year.
The camera will allow the user to record up to two hours of video or 2000 still images onto DVD-RAM disk.
The new format heralds even more features and convenience for the camcorder user.
The user will be able to connect the DVD camcorder to a television and enjoy recorded video or connect to a personal computer for printing, sending video e-mail or even posting recorded images onto a personal home page.
The camera will also let the user immediately access and edit any scene recorded on the disk without rewinding or manually searching for portions to be moved or edited.
Editing will be done using the camcorder's LCD screen or a PC monitor.
Hitachi disclosed at a conference in Sydney earlier this month how DVD would dominate digital technology over the next few years.
The Japanese company says DVD will bring together a whole array of PC and consumer electronic products.
Hitachi's fifth generation DVD-ROM, the GD-5000, is compliant with DVD Forum standards making it compatible in a broad range of electronic systems.
The new drive can read from CDs and any DVD disk compliant with DVD Forum specifications, including DVD-RAM media.
Hitachi says the rewritable DVD-RAM disks can be recorded repeatedly with no image degradation.
The disks not only far outlast tape but feature multi-compatibility with future DVD products, such as new DVD-RAM equipped personal computers, future DVD-RAM recorders and DVD players.
© 2000 Newcastle Herald
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