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Sanyo Xacti VPC-PD2BK 1080p pocket camcorder with 3x optical zoom
Aug 21st
With smartphones and point-n-shoot cameras doing most of our impromptu video recordings, it’s getting harder and harder to justify the purchase of these pocket-sized camcorders. Perhaps that’s why Sanyo is positioning its Flip competitor as a “dual camera” — capable of capturing 10 megapixel stills or 1080p/30fps MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video with stereo audio. Model VPC-PD2BK features an integrated USB jack that swivels out for some hot laptop mating sessions, a 3X optical zoom, 37-mm wide-angle lens, mini-HDMI port, and support for SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards. Look for it in September with a suggest price of $169.99 in North America.
Sanyo’s DMX-CG100 and DMX-GH1 camcorders do 1080p up in here
Apr 9th
Another day, another little camcorder that can fill up memory cards quick with 1080p on tap. Sanyo’s DMX-CG100 and DMX-GH1 can record 30fps progressively at 12Mbps, or 60 at 16Mbps if you don’t mind interlacing, through 5x optical zoom lenses with two separate ranges: 40mm at the widest end and 480mm on the telephoto side. Both offer SDXC support for up to 64GB of storage and the only real difference between them is design, with the CG100 (above) offering a vertical style and the GH1 (after the break) going for the more traditional (and apparently less comfortable) horizontal design. Both start shooting in Japan next week, but Sanyo’s not saying how much you’ll need to pay for admission to this party. Hands-on photos of the CG100 (VPC-CG100 in Europe) from the UK’s The Gadget Show Live below.
Sanyo Xacti VPC-CS1 hands-on: a full 1080p camcorder in your pocket
Jan 9th
At first glance, the Sanyo Xacti VPC-CS1 is thin. Really thin. We got to play around with the tiny camcorder, and fell in love with the form factor. It’s much thinner than our older Xacti, and we had no problem slipping it into our pocket — though getting out the door of Sanyo’s meeting room with it was another matter altogether. Wait, did we mention it’s thin?
Sanyo Xacti VPC-SH1 full HD camcorder with wide-angle lens announced
Jan 7th
Sanyo‘s just let out details on the Xacti VPC-SH1 ahead of its February launch. This full HD camcorder boasts an “industry’s smallest, lightest, and thinnest class body” at just 7.2 ounces in weight and 1.69 inches in thickness. At the same time, you get a 35mm wide-angle effect through the magic of enlarged sensor area — full HD is only two megapixels while this Xacti uses a 3.5-megapixel area in video mode. You get the usual H.264 goodness here, but Sanyo’s taken one step further by applying for iFrame certification to keep the few adventurous users happy. $399.99 isn’t bad for this spec and form factor — the bulkier FH1A from last October cost an extra Benjamin, for instance, but there’s no harm in waiting for some sample videos and 10-megapixel photos before smashing our piggy bank.
Sanyo’s Eneloop music booster keeps stage musicians effect-ed
Dec 29th
If there’s even a faint need for a recharging solution, there’s a decent shot that Sanyo will have an Eneloop device to fit the situation.Take the newly announced music booster, for instance, which is designed to sit alongside your Tube Screamer, TU-2 Chromatic Tuner and RV600 Reverb Machine in order to keep the juice flowin’ even if a breaker trips mid-solo. Truthfully, the device could be used to energize pretty much anything that taps into a 9V power source, and if you’re concerned over noise interference, Sanyo assures us that you shouldn’t be. The unit — which goes on sale in March 2010 — can be fully regenerated in around 3.5 hours, and depending on the drain of the device(s) it’s powering, can keep things going for anywhere between 2 and 50 hours. Rock on, as they say.
