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Samsung’s more 3D Blu-ray players into the market

krish — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:01:51 +0000

Samsung’s new BD-C5900, BD-C6800 and BD-C7900 have already been sighted on its US Web site and some online commerce sites. The entry-level BD-C5900 priced at US$299 may be a direct response to the value-for-money US$199 Sony BDP-S470. On the other hand, the BD-C6800 drops the original BD-C6900’s fancy disc tray window for integrated Wi-Fi. Then, there’s the flagship BD-C7900, which goes one step further with two HDMI outputs similar to Panasonic’s DMP-BDT350, to support legacy A/V receivers without 3D compatibility.

Sony’s Handycam with NEX E-mount

krish — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:59:32 +0000

According to the press release, the full-HD VG10 “marries the best of dSLR and camcorder technology”, which is to say it that borrowed some aspects of the NEX line. For instance, the videocam has a 14.2-megapixel APS-C sized sensor, which is presumably the same utilized in the NEX-5. And as with the NEX digicams, the VG10 snaps 14.2-megapixel stills and captures 1080p (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) movies. The Handycam is also able to use A-mounts and other branded glasses with the LA-E1 or third-party adapters, respectively. By coupling a larger image sensor with the lenses, users can record videos that have shallow depth-of-field for a more cinematic effect. Framing is done via a 3-inch swivel LCD or the pivoting electronic viewfinder. The VG10 accepts both Memory Stick and SD/SDHC media for storage. The Handycam has a stereo microphone, which Sony has dubbed the Quad Capsule Spatial Array Stereo Microphone. According to the firm, this contraption is able to pick up sonics from four omni-directional mics. The signals are then combined by an advanced processing algorithm to deliver clear audio.

Panasonic 3D Blu-ray gets DivX Plus HD

krish — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:53:21 +0000

DivX Plus HD Certification is the premium level of certification available from DivX, optimized for consumer electronics products and supports the playback of all content created with DivX software. Available on www.divx.com, the newly released DivX Plus Software allows users to create and playback H.264 video in an .mkv file container. DivX Plus HD Certified devices will playback all previous versions of DivX video, premium Hollywood content in the DivX format, and DivX Plus HD video files with the .mkv file extension and AAC audio created with third-party tools.

SanDisk with first SDXC card

krish — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:52:27 +0000

The extra video-recording speed. Panasonic, for example, will be issuing its first 64GB SDXC as a Class 10, 22-megabyte-per-second version card for almost US$600; however, SanDisk announced its first 64GB card at a slower Class 4, 15MBps for the more attractive price of US$349.99. True, only products announced since January–and only some of those–support the new SDXC standard, but even in a lot of the newer cameras and camcorders, Class 4 is sufficient for video recording. However, that 15MBps speed might slow you down when bursting in a midrange dSLR, which increasingly support SD media. Overall, I think going for the slower, cheaper memory is the right move for most people for now. Furthermore, if you just bought a brand-new, SDXC-supporting device, you can get that extra capacity today.

Digital-Camera To Rebound In 2010

krish — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:06:09 +0000

Digital-camera sales declined in 2009, but the market is expected to return to growth this year, a camera trade group said Tuesday. Total shipments worldwide totaled 106 million, an 11.6 percent drop compared with the 119 million that shipped in 2008. In 2010, the market is expected to edge ahead 3.8 percent to 110 million cameras, the Camera and Imaging Products Association said. As has been the case for years, the market fared better for dSLRs, which offer higher quality, faster performance, and interchangeable lenses but also come with higher price tags and greater bulk. The dSLR market–which in CIPA’s statistics includes Olympus’ and Panasonic’s Micro Four Thirds cameras that have interchangeable lenses but aren’t technically single-lens reflex models–edged 2.3 percent upward to 10 million units shipped in 2009. That market is forecast to grow another 11.1 percent to 11 million units in 2010.

Sony and Panasonic Upsizing Blu-ray Capacity

krish — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:58:43 +0000

Current Blu-ray Discs can handle 25GB of data per layer, but Sony and Panasonic have developed a new technology to push the capacity to 33.4GB. Both Japanese companies have managed to bypass the bottleneck by implementing enhanced signal processing. Dubbed Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation (i-MLSE), the solution is compatible with the blue-violet laser optics found in existing Blu-ray players. Unfortunately, i-MLSE will require powerful hardware for complex calculations that may be beyond the recently launched models, as well as a simple firmware upgrade–the Sony PS3 is a prime candidate with its super computer-grade CELL processor.