English: The worlds first DVD camcorder 1999 records on to MD minidisc the same as the audio type with the caseing covering the disc note the mini disc cassette just below the below the camcorder and is also tutch screen Hitachi launched theIr version called DVD RAM IN YEAR 2000 with a mini disc casette sllightely larger than the Sony mini disc cassettes The DVD disc recorders first went on sale in the 1970s called Lazer vision and then relaunched as a player-only machine in the 1980s it would take nearly 30 years before the dvd recorder was marketed again the large disc machine better known as the lazer disc was finaly discontinued as soon as 2010 arrived it never siezed production since its arrival in the1970s Blueyay is the world leader video forrmat today officialy launched as a recorder in October 2008 and when the first machines left rthe factory to be shipped to the shops for sale the headlineing manufacturer of VHS video refused to make the machine and was discontinued after 32 years and one month in production september 1976-October 2008 used versions of these cameras turn up time to time for sale but they can be pricey exspect to pay up to £200 for one second hand