Way back when, when the Hitachi DZ-HS300A hybrid camcorder was announced, there was a lot of excitement surrounding the ingenious idea to combine two popular recording formats, HDD and DVD, into one device. CamcorderInfo takes the DZ-HS300A through its paces and comes to the conclusion that:
In a nutshell, the DZ-HS300A is high on concept and very low on follow-through.
This camcorder will be perfect for some, but don’t expect to be wowed by performance. If you don’t absolutely need the hybrid capabilities there are some better choices out there, it would seem.
