Blu-ray started their invasion into our homes via the Trojan Horse Playstation 3. They had hoped to break into the unwilling markets by integrating themselves on Christmas’ most popular gift. The full force of Blu-ray army would not be far behind, given the recent droves of Blu-Ray stand alone players as well as PC drives coming out in the market.

But the real clincher is the Blu-Ray camcorder by Hitachi Japan. It is officially the world’s first Blu-Ray Camcorder in the market. The Blu-Ray camcorder will be utilizing the 8cm Blu-Ray disks with 7.5 GB capacity each. The DZ-BD70 model will be support by disk only storage. This translates to roughly one hour of full high definition video on a single-layer BD. The DZ-BD7H on the other hand, will sport an additional built in 30GB hard disk drive as well and accommodate 4 hours of 1920×1080 hi-def video.

With 80% of the camcorders on the prevailing market utilizing tape-free storage, Hitachi hopes to dominate the 30% hold of high definition in the camcorder market. The new Blu-Ray BD camcorders will have an array of exclusively developed full Hi-Def lens, and 5.3 MP progressive complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor to fully compliment the HD facility of the Blu-ray technology.

Not wanting to be left behind in the technology arena, Sony has announced its launch of four brand new Blu-Ray HD models of optical disc recorders. Unlike Sony’s previous recorder model launched last year, these new recorders will be able to store 16 hi-def hours of video on dual layer disks. The most advanced model of the four being introduced boasts of a 500GB hard disk capacity.

Price remains to be as of yet announced, but you can be sure early adopters will have to dig very deep into their pockets for a taste if the exclusive, compared to the more patient watch and waiters who will jump into the market about a year from now. But that’s the price of early adoption and being the cool kid on the block.

Their launch comes as no surprise, and well coordinated with the release of Hitachi’s Blu-Ray technology camcorder. As more HDTV’s are flooding the homes all across the nation and as with Hitachi, more digicams and camcorders are HD ready, the need for more Blu-Ray compatible storage devices and their components are incontrovertible.

In light of the new developments in the home theater systems, Blockbuster Videos have just expressed their favor of the blu-ray format. This should be an exciting event in the home movie entertainment, the likes of which have not been seen since the advent of the VHS/VCR player.

Blu-ray is trailblazing the way in to many areas unlike the HD DVD. This popularity contest reminiscent of high school peers, have introduced a whole new world of mass storage devices. Healthy competition is always a good thing for consumers. But with the Blu-Ray technology still at its infancy, keep your eyes and ears peeled for more developments, as more blu-ray innovation gets integrated into more areas of our daily life. GP