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I was lucky enough to see the one on display at Kennedy. It's pretty impressive to walk through the doors and be met with this. The first stage of that one is part of a test platform, but the second and third stages are from the vehicle that was designated for Apollo 18 or 19.

JVC introduced a whole line of products that are built and tested for a variety of iPhone apps. Kind of scary really: http://mobile.jvc.com/mobile.jsp

True, the good thing about recording shooting more than you need is that you can crop though, I've been reading some such thoughts about the Nikon D800 (36MP, $3000 camera) and the JVC GY-HMQ10 (4K, $5000 video camera). Need an extra 2x zoom on that camera? Crop it to 9MB and you still have a very useful picture. Is what you're trying to film moving to erratic for you to stay on target? Zoom back out and crop to 1080p in post-production. Not a cheap solution but if you're can't get another take, it might be worth it.

Actually, some cameras do use CMY, or more likely, CMYG. My old Canon Pro90IS had such a sensor. Maybe they're trying to minimize the color error rather than maximize sensitivity? Hard to say.

More interestingly, the very first HDV camcorder, the JVC HD-GR1, used both of these techniques back in 2003... see http://www.jvc.com/promotions/grhd1/unprecedent/s_ right.html. Their sensor is White (clear), Yellow, Cyan, and Green in a Bayer-like pattern. They made similar claims: the effect is 50% luma, rather than the 33% you'd presumably get with all filtering. This didn't really help -- that camera had really bad low-light performance, less than HD actual resolution, but they did make an interesting argument.

They also had the advantage that, knowing your output is going to be 4:2:0 encoded, it's an easy argument to trade luminance for color accuracy that's getting tossed out anyway. Kodak's approach is likely to result in even worse edge effects (eg, interpolations that "guess wrong"), all things being equal. Of course, as you increase pixel density, this is less of an issue anyway for a unit-sized still photo. And, I suspect, their main goal here is to deliver higher resolution sensors without increasing the die size or making them crappy at low-light performance. This is more important in the highly competitive consumer camera market, but not a non-issue in pro-level stuff, as they continue to squeeze more pixels within something between APS and 35mm sized sensors, and simultaneously have a demand for better low-light performance.

Similar recommendation, but I use a JVC deck.

For example this:

http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/features.jsp?mo del_id=MDL101554

This should answer some of your questions: http://jvc.com/presentations/WoodConeSpeakers/stor y/index.html

I can't begin to count the number of Panasonic products I've bought over the years (mostly because they cost less than Sony, JVC, etc.), and have had very few problems with the stuff...

Actually, just wanted to point out that really recent video cameras store their video on disks, so the GP might be right and might actually be recording very high quality video.

A large proportion of HD cameras record on disk.

There are at least FIVE DVD players capable of playing high definition video from regular red laser DVD*Rs in MPEG-2 (including ATSC/DVB-T), DivX, WMV, and MPEG-4 (some models), in addition to standard DVDs. Street prices range from about $250 to $430:

IOData AVeL LinkPlayer2
Buffalo LinkTheater
JVC SRDVD-100U
DVICO TVIX-HD M-5000
Zensonic Z500

Most have DVI or HDMI, and all have digital audio outputs.

Most interestingly, these players all have networking included (this is why Fry's has theirs in the network section instead of the DVD section), and some include wireless. So you can play your streams directly from your PC (for example, if you have an ATSC/QAM tuner card) without burning anything!

Inexpensive players! Plentiful burners! Cheap media! Networked playback! HD!

Who needs HD-DVD or Blu-ray!?

Xesdeeni

I just bought an HD radio for my car the JVC KD-HDR1 and it was only $229, I still have to mail in the $25 HD radio rebate. Plus it plays MP3 CDs. I haven't found a bunch of stations on HD yet but the one I like Riff2 has a very interesting format (Real Alt rock with some punk and Detroit area Hip Hop) and no commercials.

Westinghouse makes a very nice 42" LCD with 1080p resolution. (on both DVI and HDMI connectors) http://www.westinghousedigital.com/c-7-1080p-monit ors.aspx Maybe the HP is the only 65" monitor with 1080p?

In my opinion, based on owning one, I think this is the best:

http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?productId=PRD420850 2&pathId=125

56" to 70" 1080p, excellent color and contrast, no burnin (from what I hear). I don't know of any video technology that comes close to JVC's implementation of LCoS.

I favor the boycott approach to both formats for now.
There are several formats that can be used to create HD content on existing DVD disks.
Windows HiDef Media
Divx
Quicktime (via h.264/mpeg4)
H.264 (mpeg4)
H.264 is the future of HD broadcast and you can fit an entire 2 hour HD (720p or 1080i/p) movie on existing DVD disks with room to spare
JVC already has a player out that plays all these formats including m2t files (HDV in mpeg2 format)using existing DVD writable formats.
We should simply bypass Sony and Toshiba and finally use our PCs and home theater servers the way we want to.
And it would all be legal.

Funny thing is, for once, MS is on our side, even if it's for the wrong reasons.
here is the link to the jvc SRDVD-100U

http://pro.jvc.com/prof/Attributes/features.jsp?fe ature_id=01&tree=&itempath=&model_id=MDL101546

Has built in ethernet and streaming capabilities (movies, audio...). Pretty cool, but may be to expensive to some.

Small? How about this?

http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?modelId=MODL027208

Location: A beach in Northern California, slightly south of San Fran.
Power Generation: This Honda Generator for reliability and gas efficiency, 20hrs of code at a time. (note: after viewing the power consumption of this solution, you may require a second generation unit or higher model number)
Computers: 2 Mac Mini's - one for compile runing Gentoo, the other dual boot Red Hat / Os X... Cluttering up your beach space is simply unacceptable.
Second Computer set: some low power-drain and Form Factored PIV for testing that 'old and busted' windows crud people occasionally run
Display: 2x The DLA-QX1g - Why do monitors (old and busted) when you can have the new hotness of a projection screen with 1365x1024 resolution. It's a no brainer. Remember to get a widescreen lens for the projector, and an active screen to go with as well - these things are going to need to produce a LOT of lumens to compete with the sun.
A 4 port KVM switch
Input: Microsoft Natural keyboard w/ mouse, wireless versions. Gonna have to be both, although you might want a trackball that works in midair.... MS is still pretty much the best at putting together an awesome and non-stress creating keyboard / mouse combo. Alternatively, you could combine keyboard and chair I guess. That would mean, with the screen and the KVS switching hotkeys, etc, you wouldn't NEED a desk, although you might want a second screen and projector for a computer to be used as a notepad hooked up to one of the keyboard inputs on the KVM but not the video. Note: Sand might get into your chair, I'd be down with a yoga mat or chaise lounge, and the wireless keyboard.

JVC recently announced a new HDD-based digital camcorder, with storage of 20 or 30GB that is good for over 10 hours of video.

http://www.jvc.com/press/index.jsp?item=461&pageID =1
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/JVC-Introduce s-Four-Hard-Drive-Based-Everio-Camcorders.htm

It http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?productId=PRD120700 0&pathId=119 contains a 4 GByte microdrive and has, other than the zoom lens and the mechanics inside the microdrive itself, no moving parts.
The street price was less than $1000, I think around $900 last time I checked.
The additional advantage is, you can just plug the microdrive into a computer and have all your footage on the computer in an instant, without lengthy uploads.

For those that like the sound of this line of cameras but would like to see more storage capacity, JVC has apparently announced they're going to start making Everios using 20GB and 30GB hard drives. This new line will supposedly support Mac editing in iMovie for those who want that sort of thing (older models did not offer this). I've attached a the link to the JVC press release for those who want to read up about it.

Reference URL:
http://www.jvc.com/press/index.jsp?item=461&pageID =1

Disclaimer: Please note that I do not own an Everio, nor any other camcorder, so I am not in a position to make any authorative recommendations or comparisons, let alone attest to their durability. My opinions are void where prohibited.

Not sure where you've been hiding, but they have been in the stores for a while now. Read the press release from JVC, or go straight to the product page.

Not sure where you've been hiding, but they have been in the stores for a while now. Read the press release from JVC, or go straight to the product page.

cmos hd pov camera

Bah... My mistake. I'm thinking of HD-ILA. So much for trying to get in a quick post. At any rate, this is what I was thinking of...

I also have envisioned these natural divisions of hardware. CCD/Lens system, Storage (HDD, Flash, and tape), Viewfinder Display, network comm.

By standardizing a bus and physical attachment method, you could stack the items together that you need. (like lego tm)

PC's proliferated by this design mode. So a PDA + HDD + ccd & lens = camera and so on. Add a DV tape drive when needed, etc. wirelessly connected glasses or PDA viewfinder are fine because viewfinder resolution is lower than recorded resolution.

Too bad for lack of vision in real usablity from gadget vendors! They should play with "Bey Blades" to see modularity in action.

Tethers and belt packs are fine. I use a JVC High-Def camcorder which tires my arm out, can't wait to offload tape and battery, etc. to a belt or bag.

The small cameras are hard to stabilize tho, no inertia.. I expect to see micro steady-cam systems as weights diminish.

I have a STACK of dv tape around since editting lags behind shooting. dv tape has great capacity per $. maybe next gen DVD's will be a good solution, but considering the compress time, i'd rather stripe to tape raw while the battery recharges.

Everyone is too used to doing it the old way, though, so I doubt it would ever happen.

JVC has an LCOS technology, which is not cheap because it uses 3 monochrome chips with separate color light sources, but is supposed to produce very nice pictures. Projectors MSRP $29.9K described here Television MSRP $4.5 -- 6K here.

IIRC, Intel was trying for a single chip solution. TI's DLP chip is a solo and the television mfgs' use a rotating color wheel.

I am really kind of amazed that Intel is throwing in the towel on this one. The eventual winner in this category stands to make a lot of money. Yes, TV is a low margin business, but the display chip will be a proprietary high margin part. The FCC has said that it wants the whole country to go HD and quickly.

Rear projection based on a chip seems to be the eventual winner. Plasma's are nice, but they are inherently more expensive (bigger fab area) and burn out more quickly. Transmisson LCD same fab issue. The only thing that keeps me from declaring TI the winner is that they have not yet produced commercial 1920 X 1080 systems, which will be the highest level HDTV defined by the FCC, at least for a while.

JVC has an LCOS technology, which is not cheap because it uses 3 monochrome chips with separate color light sources, but is supposed to produce very nice pictures. Projectors MSRP $29.9K described here Television MSRP $4.5 -- 6K here.

IIRC, Intel was trying for a single chip solution. TI's DLP chip is a solo and the television mfgs' use a rotating color wheel.

I am really kind of amazed that Intel is throwing in the towel on this one. The eventual winner in this category stands to make a lot of money. Yes, TV is a low margin business, but the display chip will be a proprietary high margin part. The FCC has said that it wants the whole country to go HD and quickly.

Rear projection based on a chip seems to be the eventual winner. Plasma's are nice, but they are inherently more expensive (bigger fab area) and burn out more quickly. Transmisson LCD same fab issue. The only thing that keeps me from declaring TI the winner is that they have not yet produced commercial 1920 X 1080 systems, which will be the highest level HDTV defined by the FCC, at least for a while.

With a microdrive... looks pretty cool and ranges from 1 hour to 4 hours, depending on your quality setting.

JVC KD-SX980

I'm giving you only one example, as that's the one I have in my car. It plays MP3s out of CD-R/RWs and it has an analog audio input for the iPods and alikes.

I got mine a couple of years ago, for less than the suggested $250, and it's still going strong, no reason to change it.

Just to clarify: The JVC offers 720p recording and lists for $3,499.

Here you go: JVC makes one with a front-panel 1/8" input. Grab your favorite portable music player and a patch cable, and you're all set.

...which was to get a car stereo with an auxiliary jack, and simply plug in and put the iPod in a nice holder.

Integrated controls are nice and all, but my solution was less than $200, and will work with any car with a single-DIN stereo.

My real question is why it's harder and harder to find stereos with front-panel auxiliary plugs these days. Aiwa offers them in cheap-ass stereos, and JVC in a couple models, but that's it. It could be a much cheaper solution for the masses.

I'm still waiting for "conventional" high-definition programming to become mainstream. Sure, we now have consumer level HD cameras but the local news broadcasts are still SD. Alias is in HD, and Jennifer Garner makes my HDTV purchase worth it (don't tell my wife), but every commercial is still in SD.

The FCC-mandated transition to digital broadcasts probably won't help make HD content mainstream either. Stations may be broadcasting all digital, but they'll still be broadcasting Gilligan's Island reruns at SD or (gasp) upconverted to 1080i.

UHDV technology may be the future, but the expense of producing content won't make it mainstream. Oh, and Slashdot covered this before.

It means that you can work with HD in FCP and send it out for broadcasting in HD, then it can be repurposed for DVD (at standard definition) using DVD Studio Pro 3.("In addition to standard MPEG-2 encoding of SD for DVD, Compressor 1.2 can now down-convert and encode HD sources from Final Cut Pro HD to MPEG-2")

Also, note that the Panasonic records its HD on DVCPRO, which is a different beast to miniDV. It looks like it records "true" HD (at low compression), rather than the much more compressed version of lower cost cameras like the JVC (which applies MPEG2 compression on-the-fly).

jvc

I've always wanted the JVC GR-HD1US .... Damn sweet.

There are at least 2 projectors that do 1920x1080, but they aren't cheap.

Sanyo HD-10

JVC QX1G

There is also at least one RPTV that has 1080 LCOS panels in it. Hitachi maybe?

Pluses:

1. Flat-screen CRT with high-quality picture

2. Blacks are actually black and not very dark gray

3. It's hard to see the individual scan lines (esp. at 20") so the picture looks like it's drawn progressively

4. Closed captioning crisp and easy to read (I'm hearing impaired, so this is very important, and all TVs 13" [I think, could be 17"] or larger sold in the US are required to have a decoder built in by law)

5. Captioning on/channel select/off button directly on remote, no need to wade through menus to toggle it back on if for some reason it ever gets turned off

6. Component video inputs, leads to better picture, works very well with my $90 Pioneer DVD player with component video out

Cons: No major ones yet! Price: About $300 at a typical electronics store

This same set is available in other screen sizes, so if 20" is too small for you, check out the rest of the line.

While a violet-laser DVD might be available, it will probably be some time before any media is availble for it. If you are looking for high-definition, uncompressed video, DVHS is currently the only way to go. As an added bonus, you can even record on them, as well as play back regular and super VHS.

JVC makes a few nice models.

More Links:

The consumer camera, GR-HD1

The Pro camera,JY-HD10U

I think the idea of the Panasonic camera is good, but much like the editcam, I don't think it will do anything but fill the needs of hobbyists. The Sony camera that records to discs scares me too. Recording to a disc, what happens when I shake the thing? Does it skip?

Most professionals want durability and reliability. Most of these types of cameras, and some of the lower-end DV cameras, are good for hobbyists but I know I demand more (and I am a professional). Cameras like DV5000 from JVC are inexpensive and are solid pieces of equipment, but may not be for the geek. Automatic focus is something you will not find on most professional cameras.

I know that there have been some successes in the profesional world with this type of camera, but that is the exception rather than the rule. Almost all movies are still shot on film and most television stations and production companies demand something more durable than a disc based camera... and something more standard than a PCMCIA rig. Most places are still using BetaSp, even though Sony quit development a couple of years ago (please don't think I mean BetaMax). I believe this PCMCIA based camera will come and go much like the EditCam. Hopefully venders will realize that people like standards and that they get upset when "left out in the cold" with a product that no one else will support (see Digital 8mm). I think this not only holds true for professionals but hobbyists as well.

God bless this rant... and my karma.

We've got JVC projectors at work that can do 1360x1284 (something like that) and compressed 1600x1200. The farther back you move them, the larger the picture gets. Pics of them in action mounted in a rear projection screen.

this JVC VCR

What an ugly ass peice of electronics! Shit, I've seen better looking 80's boom boxes and top loading Beta VCR's!

The purpose of the device is to be forward-thinking. That means digital technology, not archaic analog BS.

If you want to record from S-Video, just buy this JVC VCR.

with a Tiny R/C Digi Q Cars and a KY-D29UCH 3-CCD COLOR CAMERA not with quite as much success, but I promise not to give up.

The x10 is a piece of trash, what you really want is one of these. 3ccd minidv camera that hasa wireless broadband adapter over which you can stream mpeg4. And it runs Linux.

So the answer is just simple if you think back a few years.

We have the mid-70's to early-80's rivalry between Sony's Betamax and JVC's VHS formats.

I'll skip the unpleasant details of the war here, but the point you have to remember is that the much more technically appreciated Betamax format lost out.

So the answer to your question is ... the looser will be the most technically appreciated. Bye Bye "+" format ?

• Digital Set-top box ready with Digital-to-Digital connection via i.Link (IEEE 1394) terminal
  
• HDTV Digital Broadcast Bitstream Recording/ Playback
  
• Built-in MPEG2 Decoder for Direct Connection to HDTV
  
• Can Record Any Type of Broadcast including HD, SD or Analog
  
• HS mode (28.2 Mbps) for up to 4 hours* HDTV recording STD Mode (14.1 Mbps) for up to 8 hours* SD recording LS3 Mode (4.7 Mbps) for up to 24 hours* long-time recording * Per DF-480 cassette
  
• D-VHS (HS, STD, LS3) S-VHS (SP, EP) S-VHS ET (SP, EP) HiFi VHS (SP, EP) VHS (SP, EP)
  

The new JVC projector does 2048 x 1536.

The first time I tried playing a burned CD made from mp3s, I was deeply, deeply disapointed.

In my 2002 Golf, I have a JVC KD-SH99 MP3 CD reciever that plays disks burned using the VBR LAME help offered here. I run no other aftermarket stereo parts in the car and have marginally minimal problems with the sound quality.

Of course, what constitutes "excellent" sound is subjective. I will say that after hauling my friends around, they never complain, they always compliment, and the few times where I was reminded I was listening to MP3 were when the source material overwhelmed my stock car speakers - four tweeters and four woofers on factory crossovers. I'm certainly no textbook audiophile, but when I'm listening to music, I am anal about it being clear and clean. And it is, 99.95% of the time. That JVC deck was the best $400 I've gotten my dad to spend on me for Christmas. =)

Actually they ARE VCRs. Here it is. There is a 24-hour recording mode! Pretty cool if you ask me. Still too expensive though.