Sanyo releases this new compact cool looking HD camcorder which increases performance with a new processor. It now records full 1080p video, it records 720p at 60 frames per second, and it can also shoot at a lower resolution of 448×336 at 300 frames per second mode, suitable to shoot action sequences to then watch in slow motion on Youtube. I have been shooting all of my HD videos using the Sanyo HD1000 since February, and so, I might be tempted in upgrading to the Sanyo HD1010 and perhaps then release all my videos in a 1080p 7mbit/s DivX HD versions as well.
In this video review, I take the new Archos 5 out in the daylight to see how sunlight readable the new 4.8″ screen is, I log-onto some nabours open WiFi access points, I test it in the public transportation and do the worlds first Archos 5 test in a metro.
Toshiba releases this new DVD player with Cell processor based HD upscaling technology. In this video I wonder though why Toshiba doesn’t at least support playback of HD video formats such as DivX HD, H264 HD and WMV HD. Since a single layer DVD can hold a 2 hour 720p movie in those formats and a dual layer DVD can hold 2 hours at 1080p in those formats. Toshiba, I think, should also build an Ethernet port into their players to support up to HD quality video-on-demand services.
This past few days, my video of the HiVision miniNote has been seen by over 100 thousand people thanks to links from Slashdot, Gizmodo and Digg. But at IFA 2008, I actually saw a Laptop by Menq International Ltd called the EasyPC E760 that was advertised as being even cheaper at only $89 per laptop. It runs on a Samsung ARM processor, has a 7″ 480×272 resolution screen and runs Windows CE with some customized browser, word processing, Skype and media player.
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Showing the speed and compatibility of the Opera browser in this Archos 5 product that is being released right now. It has a 4 times faster ARM Cortex processor by Texas Instruments, which significantly increases the browsing experience making this a full Internet Media Tablet experience. In this video review I am showing and testing many different graphics heavy websites.
JVC is launching some super slim LCD TV LT42DS9, the Sophisti Design Audio DVD System, showcasing the upcoming 4K2K technologies using 4K2K video cameras, 4K2K LCD TVs and 4K2K projectors. Those 4K2K technology demos were one of the IFA highlights in my opinion. The quality is totally amazing, it is showing about 10 million pixels per frame, basically that is 10 megapixel video. Sure 10 megapixel video requires really high bandwidth, but with advanced H264 encoding, a 10 megapixel 4K2K video can fit in 50mbit/s, and 50mbit/s can be delivered over Fiberoptical Internet connections and probably that you would be able to fit a 4K2K stream on a Blu-ray disc which has a 48mbit/s bandwidth limit. At that bitrate, a 2 hour 4K2K movie could fit on about 43GB, so it can perfectly well fit on a dual-layer 50GB Blu-ray disc.
Considering small and cheap processors that can decode 1080p, which amounts to about 2 megapixel, have been available for at least a couple of years, according to Moore’s law, the next generation processor to embed in affordable 4K2K televisions, just need to be 5 time more powerful then 1080p hardware. Which amounts to about 4 years of technological development after the introduction of 1080p as the mass market standard. Which according to my guessing could mean we would all be able to buy 4K2K LCD TVs and 4K2K projectors within the next couple of years at mass market consumer prices. That is of course if the broadcasters and movie industry let us have that kind of quality at home. Cause 4K2K technology might also be a differentiator that digital cinemas would want to have for themselves.
Just when you thought 1080p was the best one would need, just wait till you see a 4K2K demonstration, the quality is just insane, it’s even more like really being there.
DivX HD 1280×720 3.5mbit/s: Play, Download (251mb)
