TrustedReviews has done a review on Panasonic HDC-SD100 AVCHD camcorder. HDC-SD100 features a 0.52 Megapixel 3MOS image sensoe, 12x optical zoom, 30x digital zoom, face detection, image stabilization and a 2.7-inch LCD display. It uses the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec. SD100 is a SD camcorder supporting up to 32GB of SDHC cards.

TrustedReviews‘ Verdict:
In previous camcorder eras, Panasonic has excelled at providing models with comprehensive features for the enthusiast. Its NV-GS400 was the last great ‘prosumer’ DV model. Until the HDC-SD100 arrived, no manufacturer had combined AVCHD with quite that level of professional features. Canon’s HF10 and HF100 are close, but the HDC-SD100 goes a few steps further with its standard accessory shoe, viewfinder and lens ring. Most amazingly, Panasonic has managed to fit all this into a tiny camcorder weighing just 382g. It’s not perfect – the Canon’s beat it for overall image quality, and at close to £700 it’s not cheap. But if you’ve been holding out for an AVCHD camcorder with the full gamut of professional features, this could be your dream come true at last.

Canon announced the US launch of its VIXIA HF11 Dual Flash Memory Camcorder, and the VIXIA HG21 and VIXIA HG20 Hard Disk Drive camcorders.

All the three new VIXIA features Canon’s HD CMOS Image …

Canon is going to launch in Japan its iVIS HF11 and iVIS HG21 digital camcorder that support the AVCHD standard. Both of them have a 3.31 Megapixel Canon Full HD CMOS image sensor, 12X optical zoom and 40x digital zoom.

The Canon iVIS HF11, replacing the HF10, has 32GB internal storage while the HG21, which is the successor of the HG10, comes with a 120GB hard drive. Both of them supports also SD and SDHC memory cards. They are powered by Canon’s DIGIC DV II video engine. HF11 and HG21 are capable in recording HD 1920×1080 videos in  MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 High Profile format. They get also a 2.7-inch LCD display.

Both camcorders  will be available in late August.

Sony ships its BDP-S350 Blu-ray player, which has been mentioned before. The Sony BDP-S350 features the BonusView (picture-in-picture), BD-Live, support for 7.1 channel Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio and Master Audio bit-stream output.

The new Blu-ray …

Sanyo offers the new Xacti HD1010 digital media camera. The Xacti HD1010 features a 4 Megapixel CMOS image sensor, it is able to capture HD 1080i videos in MPEG/AVC/H.284 format. It offers 10x optical zoom, video and still image stabilization, face detection, wind …

Panasonic presents the HDC-SD100 and HDC-HS100 AVCHD digital camcorders. They are the world’s first to have 1/6-inch 3MOS image sensor with 0.52 Megapixel resolution.

They offer 12x optical zoom, and 30x digital zoom, face detection, image stabilization and a 2.7-inch LCD display. Videos …

JVC introduces three new Everio digital camcorders, including the 120GB GD-HD40, 80GB GZ-HD30 and 40GB GZ-HD10. The three camcorders all feature a 1/3-inch 2.68 Megapixel CMOS image sensor, Konica Minolta HD lens with 10x optical zoom.

Everio GD-HD40 and GZ-HD30 can …

JVC (known as Victor in Japan) has developed a new dual codec LSI chip, JCY0237 HD Gigabrid. The new chip supports both MPEG-2 and H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC video codec.
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Sony announced in Europe its BRAVIA V4500 series HDTV that showcases Sony’s innovative new draw the LINE design concept. Available in 26-inch, 32-inch and 37-inch, the BRAVIA V4500 comes with an integrated MPEG-4 AVC HD tuner, which allows users to …

Panasonic announced the new AG-HMC150, a professional AVCHD handheld HD camcorder. The Panasonic AG-HMC150 comes with three native 16:9 progressive 1/3″ CCD image sensors with optical image stabilization (OIS), a 28mm Leica Dicomar wide-angle zoom lens and a 3.5-inch LCD screen.

The AG-HMC150 …