JVC announces to the public their development of the world’s smallest professional format 3-CCD camcorder. JVC GY-HM100 is the first professional solid state camcorder that can store files in the native Quicktime format for Apple’s Final Cut Pro.
According to JVC, they have adopted this new technology to answer the demands in the developing professional video market wherein recordings are made directly from camera to solid state memory. This has been quite pricey for the users of ordinary camcorders. Aside from that, there has always been a problem on compatibility of raw format files when it comes to non-linear editing (NLE) systems, so there is often a need for tedious reformatting of recorded material. But with the GY-HM100, these problems are history. It can record 720p (19/35Mbps) and 1080i (25Mbps) in SP mode which is compatible to the NLE systems.
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Move aside Ethan Hunt and you can rest for a while Bond, do you have a watch like this? Oh well, the reality of it makes the difference. Finally, here is a device that we only used to see on sci fi flicks and action/adventure films (or even the dramatic Truman Show) – the Secret Agent Camcorder Watch. Did we use to say impossible? This new gadget has all the looks and the functions of an ordinary analog watch, yes that still includes telling the time, only that there is way much more to it.
This Secret Agent Camcorder Watch from BrickHouse, can record up to eight-hour length colored video…with sound! It has a pinhole hidden camera on the number 2 face of the watch attached with a tiny microphone by the side. The camcorder watch can also take photos in VGA format. This spy watch has a 2GB file size limit. Your recorded videos or the pictures you have taken can be transferred to your computer through USB.
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After becoming the Fans’ favorite during the i-stage competition, people from all over the globe have been looking forward to try out Novo’s Minoru 3D Webcam – the first ever 3D webcam. And in the opening of the year, they got nothing but good news because the public can now buy this latest gizmo in electronic and gadget shops, not just online shops anymore.
Minoru, from the Japanese word that literally means “reality”, is the first 3D webcam to be ever invented and known worldwide. It has a pair of cameras that look like human eyes (in fact the entire device more looks like a mini robot). Same with any ordinary webcam, the first thing you’d have to do to use it is connect it to your computer and once the eye-looking-cameras light up, that means it starts working. Minoru also has a built-in microphone for the audio.
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A Volkswagen Bus has now turned literally cute (yes, in size)! Unfortunately, it is neither for you to ride on nor to drive. Fortunately though, it is something you could have and bring around – the Volkswagen Type 2 Radio. This radio is truly an eye candy but more than its cuteness, it has a lot to offer – AM/FM radio, a digital clock, a mini LCD display, jacks or electrical sockets to connect it to an external audio source.
The Volkswagen van, the real one, hit the roads in 1950s and was also very popularly known as the “Transporter” in the 60s. Back then, no one for sure thought of exactly reducing it to a radio not until we came to this era of making everything small. But at least, with the new advanced and high-end cars and vans coming, we would not have to let go of the memory of the then trendy Volks!
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