Sure we knew it was going to happen, but nonetheless, take a peek at the new Blu-ray video cameras from Hitachi. Although they’re currently non-functional, the company claims the camcorder will sport the new 8cm BD/DVD drive and a 5.3-megapixel CMOS sensor capable of recording at full 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. Hitachi claims the camcorders will record up to 7GB of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video.

So when will these babies come out? According to the company, it may hit shelves as early as this Fall. Let’s hope so!

Here you are (below) some sample we saw at the CEATEC last year with some prototype of these BR Camcoders !