Company should act now, say analysts.

Hitachi, Canon and Matsushita join forces.

Hitachi DZ-MV100A

Hitachi pioneered the idea of consumer cameras capable of recording video direct to DVD. The early models were large and relatively expensive but high quality. It has taken a while for the idea to take off but it is certainly gaining momentum with a number of competitors now coming into the market. Hitachi has responded by progressively making its cameras more compact and adding extra features such as a SD memory card for storing still images or compressed video clips.

Blu-ray and HD DVD players will come out fighting this year. We reveal which format is best placed to be DVD’s successor.

Worldwide hard drive shipments fell by 1,704 units in the first quarter of2006.

High-capacity desktop drives have never been so affordable. Darien Graham-Smith puts 23 to the test to find the best

8cm Blu-ray BD-R write-once and BD-RE rewritable discs due in September.

Sharp are finalising plans to commercially produce quad and triple layer Blu-ray discs capable of 100GB and 8x read speeds using new disc materials and improved laser technologies

The future, they say, is based on the Internet and mobile computing.

DVD is said to be to movies what CD was to music. Well-filmed DVD movies are better in all respects than those recorded on VHS, so the idea of a digital video camera recording direct to DVD disc would appear sound.

The tools for home movie-making have become far more accessible and functionally more versatile. While truly broadcast-quality images are still the domain of 'prosumer' and professional video cameras

A month's worth of HD news in digest form.

40 per cent drop in 12 months.

Buying a digital video camera is a tough task, but you’ll be well prepared with our comprehensive guide.

HITACHI PD32-A2100

Dan Chiappini delves into multimedia jargon in our monthly tech term glossary.

ASX-listed hardware manufacturer and distributor Legend has partnered giant motherboard maker Foxconn to distribute the latter's products in Australasia and around the globe.