Posted by Charbax on 12th September 2007
In this 17 minute HD video, I review the Sanyo HD2 camcorder, which is the latest Mpeg4 H263 1280×720 6-9mbit/s camcorder from Sanyo, which was released globally within the last six months. Sanyo has announce the H264 1080i/720p60/720p30 successor called the HD1000 which I have shown in another interview with a representative at Sanyo Fisher Sales booth at IFA 2007 last week. Will Sanyo definately move away from encoding Mpeg4 H263 to exclusively encoding H264 in all of its future HD camcorders? That is to be seen. One of the specific useful features of the HD2, is that it records in the standard Mpeg4 format, which is recognizable by common editing and encoding software and thus might be a little easier to manage, also being easier to simply playback on any normal computer, the encoding algorithm also being easier for a CPU to decode. So my overall suggestion, although the HD1000 brings better optics, better low light recording, better resolution, better framerates and new features, the HD2 still stays a good camera, and which I recommend especially if you can find it at a sensibly lower price than the HD1000, for example at possibly 400-500€ within the next few months, it would be a good value for such very practical 720p Mpeg4 camcorder.
All the videos posted on this video-blog filmed at the IFA 2007 were filmed using the Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD2 camcorder: http://techvideoblog.com/ifa/?year=2007. Those videos are all released in 720p encoded in DivX which shows you well the approximate full quality that can be achieved using this camcorder to release 720p videos on the Internet.
DivX HD: Play, Download, Stage6
Flash versions: Google, Youtube, Revver, Vimeo, Vsocial
The first half of the video was filmed by Bogdan of http://digitaldreamsdesign.net
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Posted by Charbax on 8th September 2007
Set-top-box based on the latest Sigma Designs chips for accessing video-on-demand, functions as a full HD media extender with all codecs support including h264 support in the home, IPTV and more Linux based software can be made for it, and it can be bought in batches of 1000 starting at $100 each unit for the basic model and $10-20 more for the high end model that includes a HDMI output.
DivX HD: Play, Download, Stage6
(filmed with the Sanyo Xacti HD2 720p camcorder using its built-in microphone)
Flash versions:Blip, Dailymotion, Facebook, Google, Metacafe, Myspace, Photobucket, Putfile, Revver, Sevenload, Veoh, Vimeo, Vsocial, Yahoo, Youtube
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Posted by Charbax on 8th September 2007
Students at the Potsdam university are programming software to use with the Wiimote, no Wii required, just buy a set of the Wiimote with the Wii nunchuck and install their bluetooth software on your PC or Mac and you can get to do all kinds of interesting things. In this example you can use the Wiimote as a drumkit.
DivX HD: Play, Download, Stage6
(filmed with the Sanyo Xacti HD2 720p camcorder using its built-in microphone)
Flash versions: Blip, Dailymotion, Facebook, Metacafe, Myspace, Photobucket, Putfile, Revver, Sevenload, Veoh, Vsocial, Yahoo, Youtube
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Posted by Charbax on 8th September 2007
A presentation of the Nikon D300 and Nikon D3 DSLR cameras.
DivX HD: Play, Download, Stage6, BitTorrent
(filmed with the Sanyo Xacti HD2 720p camcorder using its built-in microphone)
Flash versions: Blip, Dailymotion, Facebook, Google, Metacafe, Myspace, Photobucket, Putfile, Revver, Sevenload, Vimeo, Vsocial, Yahoo, Youtube
Posted in DSLRs, IFA | Comments »
Posted by Charbax on 8th September 2007
Ethernet connected network storage with two available SATA hard drive bays that cheaply adds shared storage directly to a network. It might come with a development community as there was with the Linksys NSLU2. For now Linksys and Cisco haven’t got a video-on-demand set-top-box successor to announce of the KiSS DP-1600.
DivX HD: Play, Download, Stage6
(filmed with the Sanyo Xacti HD2 720p camcorder using its built-in microphone)
Flash versions: Blip, Dailymotion, Facebook, Google, Metacafe, Myspace, Photobucket, Putfile, Revver, Sevenload, Veoh, Vimeo, Vsocial, Yahoo, Youtube
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Posted by Charbax on 8th September 2007
Hitachi has launched TVs in Japan with a built-in iVDRs slot, that lets users buy 2.5″ hard drive iVDR cartridges and connect them behind the TV to use that storage for the built-in DVR of the TV. The iVDR system let’s users buy hard drive storage in such iVDR cartridge which provides as large a removable storage capacity for devices as hard drives can provide. Though iVDR for now does not include 3.5″ hard drive sizes.
DivX HD: Play, Download, Stage6
(filmed with the Sanyo Xacti HD2 720p camcorder using its built-in microphone)
Flash versions: Blip, Dailymotion, Facebook, Google, Metacafe, Myspace, Photobucket, Putfile, Revver, Sevenload, Veoh, Vimeo, Vsocial, Yahoo, Youtube
Posted in Storage, IFA | Comments »
Posted by Charbax on 8th September 2007
Zyxel has some nice NAS, powerline networking and HD media extender boxes. The NSA-220 Network-Storage-Appliance holds 2 SATA drives + 2 USB connected drives for 200€, the PLA-400 Powerline-Adapter 200Mbit costs 150€ and the DMA-1000 Digital Media Adapter which supports a lot of codecs at up to 1080i, with a HDMI and Component output costs 130€. Zyxel are working on a new Digital Media Adapter with full HD h264 support.
DivX HD: Play, Download, Stage6
(filmed with the Sanyo Xacti HD2 720p camcorder using its built-in microphone)
Flash versions: Blip, Dailymotion, Facebook, Google, Metacafe, Myspace, Photobucket, Putfile, Revver, Sevenload, Veoh, Vimeo, Vsocial, Yahoo, Youtube
Posted in Networking, Set-top-box, IFA | Comments »
Posted by Charbax on 8th September 2007
The SDHC association is showing how the SDHC standard works. You’ve got to upgrade your old SD card readers, but now the capacity of SD cards can exceed the 2GB limit of the first SD generation and is now going to be available at up to 16GB by the end of this year, and starting next year it will be available at 32GB.
DivX HD: Play, Download, Stage6
(filmed with the Sanyo Xacti HD2 720p camcorder using its built-in microphone)
Flash versions: Blip, Dailymotion, Facebook, Google, Metacafe, Myspace, Photobucket, Putfile, Revver, Sevenload, Veoh, Vimeo, Vsocial, Yahoo, Youtube
Posted in Storage, IFA | Comments »
Posted by Charbax on 8th September 2007
Portivity designs interactive TV solutions. So imagine being able to click on the coca cola bottle to get more information about it or to be able to buy it. Well there is a standard that could be broadcast with digital TV and with the right user interface input, there could be some sort of interaction possible with the tv broadcast.
DivX HD: Play, Download, Stage6
(filmed with the Sanyo Xacti HD2 720p camcorder using its built-in microphone)
Flash versions: Blip, Dailymotion, Facebook, Google, Metacafe, Myspace, Photobucket, Putfile, Revver, Sevenload, Veoh, Vimeo, Vsocial, Yahoo, Youtube
Posted in Other, IFA | Comments »
Posted by Charbax on 8th September 2007
This chinese company is showing their Emanuel UMPC concept, runing Windows CE with an SD card slot, costs less than $200, read more about it on their website http://emanuel-umpc.com
DivX HD: Play, Download, Stage6
(filmed with the Sanyo Xacti HD2 720p camcorder using its built-in microphone)
Flash versions: Blip, Dailymotion, Facebook, Google, Metacafe, Myspace, Photobucket, Putfile, Revver, Sevenload, Veoh, Vimeo, Vsocial, Yahoo, Youtube
Posted in PMP, UMPC, IFA | Comments »
