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First HDD MPEG4 Video Camcorder

Posted by timothy on from the just-happy-to-see-you-dear dept.

An anonymous reader submits "This is a few weeks old but we have to talk about this. Samsung introduced the world first hard disk drive based camcorder so you don't have to buy those MiniDV, Hi8s, and DVD-Rs. You take pictures, play MP3s, PAL+NTSC video! The picture quality is 350K so not a replacement for digital camera. The downside is the HDD size is 1.5 Gig so you can record video just over an hour! Why can't these bozos let us put a 40gig 2.5 IDE drive and let us record continuously for 25+ hours! Is there a corporate conspiracy to limit recording time of camcorder to about an hour (like DVD-R camcorders)?"

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  1. Yes, there's a reason. by dracvl · · Score: 5, Funny

    25 hours of boring holiday footage.

  2. Target market? I bet I know! by Dr.+Spork · · Score: 4, Funny
    so you can record video just over an hour!

    Don't you see: this should be called the pr0n-camera. The mpeg4 compression means it's ready to be posted to the website without recompression, and the recording time is ... just about standard for a "feature". Anyway, now that I'm getting older, it's more time than I would need.

  3. Re:Warranty issues with 40GB drives by FatAlb3rt · · Score: 4, Funny

    you'll kill the drive pretty fast

    Better hurry up and tell apple, creative, and archos. They've got a lot of money riding on this.

  4. Re:I don't think a PC HD would work by printman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, yeah, like bad video is restricted to females! Whenever I've used a camcorder the video always ends up looking like it was recorded from a Frankenstein-cam! :)

    thump thump thump thump. Here is my house. thump thump thump thump. This is my backyard. thump thump thump... :)

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