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Flip MinoHD Camcorder – YouTube Yourself in HD

Nowadays, the large majority of people who shoot a video clip with something other than a serious camcorder (either HDD/Flash/MiniDV based) will most likely upload it to a video sharing or social networking website, such as YouTube, AOL Video or MySpace. However, since most of these clips are recorded using either mo...

12 November 2008
01:50 GMT

Canon Introduces XH A1S and XH G1S HD Prosumer Camcorders

Besides being one of the world's best-known manufacturers of DSLRs, Canon also has quite a comprehensive line-up of video cameras (or camcorders), ranging from consumer-grade products to professional models. And that's pretty much where the latest two products announced by the company fit, since the XH A1S ...

6 November 2008
03:40 GMT

Prototype Hitachi Camcorder Streams HD Video to HDTV – No Wires Involved

The CEATEC show in Japan is in full swing as we speak, and even if the number of actual product announcements is lower than in the case of CEDIA or IFA, we're seeing a lot more interesting and highly innovative prototypes take central stage. And one such innovation comes from Hitachi, who's showcasing a cam...

3 October 2008
16:21 GMT

Geotate and DXG Develop World's First Geotagging Camcorder

Geotagging (the association of exact geographic coordinates to a photo) seems to be an increasingly popular trend nowadays, since this technology allows photographers to share with other people the exact location where they've taken a certain photo or even recreate the stages of a certain journey using Google Ea...

30 September 2008
16:21 GMT

Sony Intros HANDYCAM FX1000 Camcorder with High-Performance G Lens

Sony's imaging division seems to be on quite a roll lately, since it keeps pushing out of their design laboratories high-end photography and video recording products at a very impressive rate. So, after Sony introduced its first full-frame DSLR, the alpha A900, the company has just announced the release of the H...

11 September 2008
02:27 GMT

Sanyo Intros Fully Waterproof Xacti E2 Digital Camcorder

There's somewhat of a habit among most adrenaline-lovers out there to shoot their every adventure and then share it with their friends (or with the entire world, by uploading it to an online video sharing service). However, in order to do so, they require a camera that can take quite a beating and survive even t...

4 September 2008
04:46 GMT

DXG-595V Camcorder Offers HD Recording for Suspiciously Low Price of $200

There's quite a frenzy related to high-definition recording going on right now, and that's the reason why just about every important camcorder manufacturer out there is trying to capitalize on this trend. And one of the most eyebrow-raising announcements regarding an HD camcorder comes from US-based company...

20 August 2008
13:26 GMT

Hitachi Unveils Full HD, Three Format Hybrid Blu-ray Camcorder

Since Blu-ray has officially won the format war earlier this year and camcorders capable of recording onto optical media are not exactly a great novelty, Hitachi has decided to put two and two together and launched its DZ-BD10HA Blu-ray Disc Hybrid Camcorder, a device capable of recording high-quality videos directly...

12 August 2008
02:23 GMT

Samsung's New SC-MX20 Camcorder Is Ready for YouTube

Sure, we live in a world where high-definition has become the main concept behind just about any piece of A/V gear, but the truth of the matter is that there are a lot of people out there who simply shoot video clips in order to upload them to YouTube, the world's most famous video sharing website. And it's...

10 July 2008
01:20 GMT

Sony Unveils World's First Handycam with Smile Shutter and Face Detection

It would seem that the latest gimmick in consumer-level digital cameras is represented by smile-detection technology, but Sony won't settle with equipping its Cyber-shots with this feature. No, the Japanese giant has decided that it was about time that its handycams suffered a makeover as well and announced the ...

19 June 2008
02:12 GMT

CES 2008: SanDisk Unveils the HD Video Line of High-Capacity Memory Cards

As I do believe you've been able to see over the past few days, some of the most important camcorder manufacturers have rolled out a bevy of new, improved and HD-enabled models at CES 2008, targeting just about every segment of the CE market. Furthermore, some of the respective cameras (like the ones from Canon ...

8 January 2008
12:36 GMT

CES 2008: Canon Announces the Vixia HD Camcorder Lineup

Just like Sony, Canon also felt the "urge" the refresh its entire lineup of consumer oriented camcorders with new high definition and standard definition models. As usual, since standard definition is not so "hip" anymore, we'll start off with the high definition models as Canon has a brand new lineup of HD unit...

8 January 2008
05:12 GMT

Hitachi Rolls Out the World's First Blu-ray Powered Camcorders, The DZ-BD70/BD7H

The hype around Sony's Blu-ray format has reached new levels lately, partially caused by all the controversy surrounding the conflict between its supporters and their adversaries from the HD DVD camp, but also for other reasons as well. And among all this ruckus, the people over at Hitachi have decided that it&#...

2 August 2007
11:36 GMT

Panasonic Reveals Its New AVHCD Camcorders

Panasonic just unboxed their new high definition camcorders: HDC-SD3 and HDC-DX3(pictured). This comes after Panasonic recently announced another pair for the US: the HDC-SD1 and HDC-DX1 models. Panasonic is trying to catch up to Sony' HDR-UX7 1920x1080i resolution AVHCD camcorder which is already available on t...

3 April 2007
10:08 GMT


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