It was announced by Verbatim and its parent company Mitsubishi Kagaku Media that they will be releasing the world's first Mini Blu-ray Recordable/Rewriteable (BD-R/RE) media.

These disks are three inches in diameter with a storage capacity of 7.5GB. The manufacturers say that it provides one hour of continuous video capture time on a single side at a resolution of 1920x1080i. If you choose to record at 1440x1080i, then you can even get as much as two hours of video capture time. 

The disks will be made available this August in Japan where it will be launched along with the new Hitachi BD-compatible camcorder which uses the said media. North America doesn't have to worry about being left out because Verbatim will also be providing the disks in the U.S. as soon as the new BD-compatible camcorders become available locally.

If that's not enough to make you want it, the disks will also be coated with the proprietary hard-coat finish of the Verbatim BD media which is said to provide "superior anti-static and anti-scratch properties for added protection against scratches, fingerprints and dust particles".