Sony and Panasonic-parent Matsushita have teamed up to develop an encoding format based on MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 that will enable future camcorders to capture HD footage directly to standard 8-centimeter ...

Sony and Panasonic have announced the specs for a new high-def consumer camcorder standard using mini (8cm) DVDs, rather than the Mini-DV tape used by the HDV camcorder standard launched in late 1994.

TOKYO — Sony Corp. unveiled its first high-definition video camcorders based on the AVCHD format. The cameras use a proprietary MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec chip and image processor. The DVD model and ...

Sony plans to roll out its first HD camcorder this week that will be compatible with the new AVCHD format, developed by Sony and Matsushita as a means of storing video on 8 cm DVD discs. While ...

Late last week, Panasonic and Sony unveiled a raft of changes to AVCHD - the hi-def consumer camcorder format that the two companies first announced back in early May and are aiming at owners of HD TV ...

Osaka, Japan – Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, has unveiled two 3CCD high-definition (HD) consumer digital video cameras that record 1080i HD ...

Gardena, CA — June 18, 2008 — TMPG, Inc. is introducing an updated version of its video encoding software TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress. Due to user demand TMPG, Inc. has now added input support for AVCHD, AAC ...

Tokyo — As large-screen high-definition TVs become more prevalent in the home, consumer video cameras face the necessity of a high-definition upgrade. This prospect is taking on an air of ...

Panasonic PBITS Professional & Broadcast Systems has launched the AG-HMC151E AVCHD tapeless professional handheld camera. Part of Panasonic’s AVCCAM series, the 1/3in AG-HMC151E camcorder incorporates ...