Hitachi announced a world first at its IFA 2007 keynote this morning, with two new Blu-ray camcorders, both of which offer 1080i movie shooting - something Hitachi refers to, slightly misleadingly, as Full HD. The camcorders do, however, shoot images at 1920 x 1080 resolution. Hitachi s...
More...
Logitech todayadded a range of webcams aimed at notebook users to its product range. We took a peek at thewebcams, which will sit nicely on top of your notebook computer screen, at ...
More...
Barely five months after announcing the world's first video camera to record HD TV images to an SD memory card, Panasonic has replaced it with a cheaper, more-capable model that it claims breaks new ground. Last November's HDC-SD1 has been ruthlessly ...
More...
Until we get HD DVD or Blu-ray technology into consumers videocameras, it seems the line-up of camcorders that use the AVCHD codec to compressHD TV images onto existing media will continue to expand. The latest, from ...
More...
A sports-orientated mini digital camcorder that's lightweight, pocketable and has a rubberised shell has been unveiled by Samsung in Korea. The Samsung VM-X300 can record DVD-like and MPEG4 ASP video at 720 x 480 pixels resolution and 30 frames per s...
More...
Samsung disclosed new kit including a second generation Blu-ray player and two new MP3 players. The company also pledged to consolidate its position as the number one TV manufacturer globally with new plasma and LCD models plus a new DLP offering. F...
More...
Archos has launched the fifth generation Archos 605 portable media player, which adds Wi-Fi capabilities. Using the wireless connection you'll be able to download music and movies straight to the device. The Archos 605 features a 4.3-inch touchscre...
More...
The latest in a long line of Xacti-branded video cameras from Sanyo , the pistol-grip-style DMX-HD2 , is being touted as the world's smallest and lightest digital video camera. At just 235g, it's undeniab...
More...
Britons spent some £7.8 billion on gadgets in the year to April 2007, new research shows. And this year's must-have gadget is not the Apple iPhone , or the latest high-def TVs but digital photo frames. The average British household spent &am...
More...
Thousands of Chinese-made DVD players are being recalled after some models began belching smoke, Japanese newspapers are reporting. Up to 460,000 Axion branded players are subject to the recall after 550 players in user's homes were found to be emitting noxious fumes and distorting because of the b...
More...
Shanghai Donya 's security cameras are cheap and capable, piping live video and intruder alerts to any networked PC in the world. There are plenty of security cameras around that can be controlled remotely, often over the internet, but none comes as cheaply as Shanghai Donya's budget offerings. Th...
More...
Panasonic introduced its take on a 'hybrid' camcorder at the CES electronics show,earlier this month. The SDR-H20 and SDR-H250 both have a 30GB hard disc drive (HDD)and SD/SDHC card slots. It's thebudget model, the SDR-H20, that's the first to arrive in the UK. Initialimpressions of the camco...
More...
Heard enough newsabout high definition televisions you'll never be able to afford? Well, howabout checking out the other end of the market for a tiny screen that's aboutas low-def as they come? The latest far-outgadget from ...
More...
Samsung launched a range of new sleek-looking, compactcamcorders that record to internal flash memory at IFA 2007 in Berlin over the weekend. The three new models, the high-definition Samsung VP-HMX10C,the Samsung VP-MX10A, and the Samsung VP-DX10, are based on the firm's newadvanced f...
More...
The National Consumer Council ( NCC) has called for new labelling scheme to help shoppers identify 'green' gadgets - it made the call after a survey by its own researchers discovered that most shops don't ...
More...
Europe needs to embrace both types of mobile digital TV andCommissioner Reding's claim that it must adopt one is wrong, according to World DMB PresidentQuentin Howard. Last week, Reding, the European Commissioner for InformationSociety and Media, said ...
More...
User-generated video content and the rise of video sharing sites like YouTube are fuelling demand for MPEG-4 functionality on mobiles, according to a report published today. iSuppli says that there'll be 509 million phones with MPEG-4 (H.264/AVC/MPEG4...
More...
Sanyo 's Xacti range of tiny camcorders has been around for a few years now, with minor spec tweaks appearing every six months or so, but the latest model takes things a step further by being the first ever fully waterproof video camera. Available initially in the US and priced at $500 (£2...
More...
Canon has joined the ranks of Sony and Panasonic by introducing an AVCHD high-definition camcorder to its line-up. The Canon HG10 allows home moviemakers to store up to 15 hours of high-definition vide...
More...
Apple has posted eight new pictures to its iPhone gallery . The new pictures show off its docking station for the first time, its headphones (indistinguishable to the iPod's) as well as what device looks like from the side and rear. However we still ...
More...