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Old January 7th, 2006, 04:33 PM   #1
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Sony announces a High Def DVD-R camcorder @ CES.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124231,00.asp

Scroll down to the bottom of the page, I bet the compression is H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
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Old January 7th, 2006, 04:55 PM   #2
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I don't think it's high def, just regular MPEG2 DVD type. If it is actually high def, then it is Blu-Ray.

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Old January 7th, 2006, 06:01 PM   #3
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It's standard-def. PC World just labeled it wrong.

You can see all the Sony new CES product announcements in this all-in-one press release:
http://news.sel.sony.com/filestorage...sion_id=185254

and the full CES press kit is available at:
http://news.sel.sony.com/ces06/
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Old January 8th, 2006, 07:30 AM   #4
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Besides if it was Hi-Def it would be HDR not DCR in the model number.

Shame though. I was hoping for lots of new Hi-Def Camcorders at the CES (to get HD in the mainstream asap). Sadly there was only one - the Sanyo...
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Old January 8th, 2006, 07:33 AM   #5
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I was hoping for lots of new Hi-Def Camcorders at the CES...
I wasn't! Certainly not from Sony anyway. I'm picking up my Z1 tomorrow and couldn't bear the thought of finding out about an upgrade the day before I go get the soon-to-be-superseded model...
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