TOKYO — Sony Corp. unveiled its first high-definition video camcorders based on the AVCHD format. The cameras use a proprietary MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec chip and image processor. The DVD model and ...

Sony's high-definition camcorders and cameras with video-recording capabilities record video in the MTS file format, also known as the Advanced Video Codec High Definition or AVCHD format. Originally ...

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High-definition video fans can prepare themselves for another new format: AVCHD. The format, developed by Sony and Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic), is aimed at high-definition camcorders ...

Sony and Panasonic have announced the specs for a new high-def consumer camcorder standard using mini (8cm) DVDs, rather than the Mini-DV tape used by the HDV camcorder standard launched in late 1994.

Sony Electronics has announced the introduction of a new family of AVCHD format products directed towards professional and “pro-sumer” users. The new line has been dubbed “NXCAM” and the first product ...

They feature 2.7-inch screens, Sony's ClearVid CMOS sensor which allows for better detail and clarity as well as Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T optics for the best color saturation. They also utilize the ...

It's some 60 percent smaller in size, but other than that Sony's new VRD-MC6 DVDirect looks and acts an awful lot like the previous VRD-MC10 and VRD-MC5: it can take 1080i video with 5.1 audio off ...

A new video format for camcorders that allows high-definition images to be stored on DVDs is gaining support, the technology’s backers said Thursday. The AVCHD format was developed by Sony and ...

With JVC rolling out a set of AVCHD-capable camcorders earlier this week, Sony have unveiled their own new HD HandyCam that can record 1080i 1,920 x 1,080 AVCHD video. The HDR-CX12 measures up at ...