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DVD players and burners are becoming increasingly popular, so it was probably only a matter of time before electronics makers started putting DVD burners right into their camcorders. After all, why hook your camera to the TV when you can just pop out the disc and toss it in the player? (The 8-cm discs can also be played on most PCs with DVD-rom drives.) Hitachi was the first to launch DVD camcorders, back in 2000, but they were bulky and expensive. The new, slimmed-down versions are cheaper and easier to use. Hitachi's DZ-MV350A ($900, top right, above) and Sony's DCR-DVD100 Handycam ($900, bottom right, above) are the newest in a field that includes a model from Panasonic. Blank discs cost $10 to $20 apiece, but the prices are dropping all the time.


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BY WILSON ROTHMAN
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAMES WORRELL FOR TIME

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