Sony Unveils 2 New AVCHD High Definition Camcorders!

[Jerry Jones]

Sony unveils the (mini DVD) model HDR-UX1:

http://tinyurl.com/q8sat

http://tinyurl.com/juyul

Sony unveils the (hard disk) model HDR-SR1

http://tinyurl.com/q8sat

http://tinyurl.com/nay7s

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Jerry Jones]

That HDR-SR1 (hard disk model) looks quite decent to me.

I suspect I'll be buying it.

There are some new photos on the AkihabaraNews.Com Web site at the following link:

http://tinyurl.com/hc59q

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Jerry Jones]

PC WORLD magazine offers more detail about the DVD model here:

http://tinyurl.com/g9s88

"In the camera's highest resolution recording mode, about 27 minutes of video can be stored on one disc."

I would assume they're talking about 27 minutes of 1080i.

I suppose you could fit more 720p on the same disc.

It would be nice to see some official specifications from SONY.

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Jerry Jones]

The OFFICIAL press release from the SONY Web site:

http://tinyurl.com/q8sat

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[paulw]

Yes it did look quite interesting. Will the editing software be around to work with it..??

[Hulk]

That HDR-SR1 (hard disk model) looks quite decent to me.

I suspect I'll be buying it.

There are some new photos on the AkihabaraNews.Com Web site at the following link:

http://tinyurl.com/hc59q

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net

Me too Jerry! This is what I've been waiting for.

- Mark

[Mikele]

"These are the first consumer camcorders to record in full 1080i HD resolution".

Hummm, interesting.

Remember that HFX1 and Z1 are recording at 1440x1080 or similar, but NOT FULL HD resolution. Well, they records HDV, a little bit less than HD.

New codecs, new options.

[Hulk]

Anything over 720 lines is "HD." So720p, 1080i, and anamorphic 1080i (1440x1080) or technically "HD."

Someday we'll have hopefully affordable HD cams at the "holy grail" of all resolutions and frame rates in my opinion, 1080/60p.

- Mark

[Jerry Jones]

I'd like to know a couple of things about the new HDD camcorder.

1. Will it record 60fps 720p?

2. Will it record to either SDTV or EDTV resolutions as an extra alternative?



Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Jerry Jones]

Some news...

CamcorderInfo.com's David Kender got some new information out about the HDD AVCHD model from Sony:

"We can report that the HDR-SR1 has four high definition quality settings and three standard definition quality settings."

"The HD settings are as follows:

- XP (15 Mbps),

- HQ (9 Mbps),

- SP (7 Mbps),

- LP (5 Mbps)."

"The SD settings, which are in MPEG-2, include:

- HQ (9 Mbps),

- SP (6 Mbps),

- LP (3 Mbps)."

"All bit rates are variable rather than fixed."

http://tinyurl.com/g38qw

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Jerry Jones]

SONY now has the OFFICIAL Web page up:

http://tinyurl.com/om9uw

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Mikele]

DV format is "deprecated".
Bye, bye.