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SANYO Introduces Improved VPC-HD2!
January 8, 2007 – Tailing the end of a huge string of camcorder announcements here at CES, Sanyo announced this morning that they will replace the Xacti VPC-HD1a with an improved version, the VPC-HD2 ($699 MSRP). The company promised that some of the past complaints have been addressed, including low light performance. The Xacti, which Sanyo still hails as the smallest and lightest HD camcorder, features a higher resolution image capable of 7.1MP stills, a faster start-up time, and a 10x optical zoom.
At a press event last night, John Lamb, Senior Marketing Manager for Sanyo Fisher Company’s Audio Video Division, stated the VPC-HD1 and its mid-year successor, the VPC-HD1a, had both found markets with people looking for high portability that met HD specifications.
The VPC-HD1 did not fare well in CamcorderInfo.com’s performance testing, though some of those problems may have found some remedy in the VPC-HD1. The imager has been increased to a gross pixel count of 7.38MP, which Sanyo claims to have improved low light performance up to 75%. This likely factors in a new “High Sensitivity†button on the exterior of the body which functions as an auto gain boost, so while quality may not be excellent in low light, the information is still readable.
At a press event last night, John Lamb, Senior Marketing Manager for Sanyo Fisher Company’s Audio Video Division, stated the VPC-HD1 and its mid-year successor, the VPC-HD1a, had both found markets with people looking for high portability that met HD specifications.
The VPC-HD1 did not fare well in CamcorderInfo.com’s performance testing, though some of those problems may have found some remedy in the VPC-HD1. The imager has been increased to a gross pixel count of 7.38MP, which Sanyo claims to have improved low light performance up to 75%. This likely factors in a new “High Sensitivity†button on the exterior of the body which functions as an auto gain boost, so while quality may not be excellent in low light, the information is still readable.
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