JVC has launched today a new series of camcorders - Everio G - featuring greater performance and functionality compared to the predecessors, the ultimate protection and the latest JVC floating suspension system that reduces the effects of vibrations through advanced polymer shock absorbers.

Therefore, the GZ-MG505 3CCD imaging device has a storage capacity of 30 GB (it can record up to seven hours of DVD movie-quality video, more than 10 hours at DVD camcorder-quality, and up to 10,000 still images), it uses a pixel-shift technology to deliver 5-megapixel quality, and it is also able to deliver a native resolution 16:9 (1173 x 660 x3 effective pixels) and 4:3 DVD movie quality video with higher color performance.

The new MG505 features include software applications as CyberLink's PowerProducer 3 NE for authoring DVDs, PowerDirector Express NE for editing, and PowerDVD 5 NE for playback, and for Macintosh users -PIXELA's Capty MPEG Edit EX for simple editing and Mono DVD for easy DVD authoring.

It also includes a high resolution 10x optical zoom (8x for stills) JVC lens, with 16:9 angles available for video and a DVD burner control which can be connected to a JVC DVD burner - the CU-VD10 SHARE STATION.

In addition, the GZ-MG505 features a 2.7" widescreen 16:9 LCD, several USB ports, a built in microphone, and a Megabrid Imaging Engine, which separately processes video and still signal for optimal performance.

JVC Everio GZ-MG505 will be available in July for $1,300.