Hitachi DZ-MV730E

Early generations of DVD camcorders were clunky, half-baked efforts at taking advantage of the inevitable onslaught of DVD in the home. It took a few ...

DVD camcorders still seem like an odd gimmick to us. More cumbersome and expensive than comparable MiniDV units, they record to non-standard 3.5-inch DVDs. And, while we can understand Sony marketing them to the same type of consumer who used to like...

Hitachi DZMV730A

Hitachi's entry level camcorder this year, the DZ-MV730, offers no surprises, and is stripped of some pretty fundamental features. Comparable to most entry level camcorders, the camcorder is outfitted with an unimpressive imager, a 1/6” CCD with 680K...

The DZ-MV730 is Hitachi's entry level DVD camcorder this year. It is armed with a mediocre imager, standard among lower-end DVD machines, and performs accordingly. While it also lacks a USB port, a big detriment to convenience-hungry consumers, the...

Speaking of options, this camcorder records to DVD-R and DVD-RAM. The latter of those two, gives you more in camera editing options and the DVD-R media will help insure a higher level of compatibility among DVD players. If that's not enough for you,...

Two Post Production Giants Become One If you had $462-million in cash and stocks, you could have beat Avid in the purchase of Pinnacle. But the deal has been struck and pending the approval of the stockholders the two will become one. Avid, already the...

Hitachi DZ-MV730A DVD Camcorder w/16x Optical Zoom.