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Hitachi announces DVD-VCR
Hitachi launched several DVD-related products at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including two new DVD players and a combination DVD-VCR. The combination machine, the DV-PF2, supports a range of optical disc formats and offers MP3 playback, along with its built-in VCR. It will go on sale in April for $249. Hitachi's new stand-alone DVD players will start at $139. --John Spooner, Special to ZDNet News The company also introduced three new DVD camcorders, starting at $899. The cameras, scheduled to ship in April, can record up to two hours of movies on DVD-R or DVD-RAM discs.
Hitachi launched several DVD-related products at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including two new DVD players and a combination DVD-VCR. The combination machine, the DV-PF2, supports a range of optical disc formats and offers MP3 playback, along with its built-in VCR. It will go on sale in April for $249. Hitachi's new stand-alone DVD players will start at $139. --John Spooner, Special to ZDNet News
The company also introduced three new DVD camcorders, starting at $899. The cameras, scheduled to ship in April, can record up to two hours of movies on DVD-R or DVD-RAM discs.