Samsung comes with a very impressive and very compact 720p HD camcorder, which records in 50fps H264 at 1280×720 progressive. This video interview was filmed using that camera at the booth onto one of my SD cards. I re-encoded that video from 50fps to 25fps using an unproven technique of using a server-side ffmpeg process, so that might explain some of the stuttering that there is in this DivX HD version, and it´s encoded in only one pass Mpeg4 720p just as every other of my IFA 2007 videos (while all the other videos are filmed using the Sanyo HD2). To view the full quality sample from that camcorder, you can download the sample recording below.
Showing some amazingly thin new LCD backlight technology (Sharp representatives say that the technology used is a secret), the 52″ LCD TV is now only 2 inches thick. Also showing the famous 4K LCD TV from Sharp. I’m looking forward for these technologies becomming available.
JVC has their D-ILA technology which they use in their projectors and rear-projection TVs, and which they claim provides superior quality. Still JVC seems to be positionned well over DLP and 3LCD in terms of price. They also are launching a 1000-something dollar 1920×1080 interlaced 27mbit/s Mpeg2 hard drive based camcorder.
Imagine having 3D charachters in your living room, those interacting with your furniture, walking around on your floor casting their shadows and reacting to a kick or a push that you would make. This is totally possible using this quite interesting futuristic real-time 3D rendering of 3D charachters interacting with pre-defined objects filmed with a High Definition camera. (would require some transparent High Definition video glasses to actually see the virtual charachters interact with the real world other than being able to see them on your HDTV.)
Watch the High Definition version: Play – Download
HD (139mb)
