Only one company, Hitachi, makes a Blu-ray camcorder. Ironically, Hitachi doesn't make any other Blu-ray products.

But Hitachi doesn't think having Blu-ray on a camcorder is enough. So on its DZBD10HA model ($1,099), it supplements the Blu-ray disc recorder with a 30GB hard-disk drive and — AND — a high-capacity SD slot. The HDD also records video using the 1,920 x 1,080 Blu-ray format, but the SD card slot records high-def video using AVCHD.

What, no Super8 film option?