Judging from CES 2008 Blu Ray and
HD DVD exhibits, it seems that Blu Ray is the winner. They had a huge main exhibit and mini exhibits around.
Sony and other Blu Ray advocates where pushing the standard well. Prices are going down on Blu Ray DVD movies. So that ought to help push Blu Ray DVD players and Recorders higher. BTW, Blu-ray is incorporated within Sony’s PlayStation 3 console. XBox 360 uses HD DVD.
Hitachi had one of the 1st Mini HDTV camcorders that records directly in Blu Ray format on an internal 40GB HD drive.
The 1st time I used a Hitachi camcorder was in 1980. It was a brand new shoulder Camera with a VHS tape recorder/player that you carry in a bag on your shoulder. Even then the picture was awesome with that camera. I video taped a lot of family events and family weddings with it. At that time, only a few people had a VHS camcorder.
We bought ours from the electronics market at Tokyo, Japan back then.