The Sanyo DMX-HD1000 was just announced in Japan today. The HD1000 becomes their first Full HD (1920×1080) resolution camcorder. The design takes after their previous HD model, the Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD2, but seems to have improved on the button placement and overall ergonomics of the camcorder. Unlike pretty much every other tapeless HD camcorder out on the market now, the Sanyo DMX-HD1000 will record video in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format, instead of AVCHD, which is a standardized variant of H.264.
The highest bitrate possible on the Sanyo DMX-HD1000 will be 12Mbps, which is about the average of tapeless HD camcorders right now, but nowhere near its potential. Quality can be dropped to 720p (1280×720) at 12Mbps and 9Mbps, 640×480 at 6Mbps, and 320×240.
With an 8GB SDHC card, you can expect about 85 minutes of recording time at the highest quality setting. The included battery will get you about the same life, or you can order the extended battery good for around 2 hours.
The Sanyo DMX-HD1000 features a 10x optical zoom, a 2.7″ widescreen LCD, and a 1/2.5″ CMOS sensor. The 4.1-megapixel CMOS sensor can be interpolated for still pictures allowing 8-megapixel photographs.
Included in the package is a docking station for the Sanyo DMX-HD1000. It features HDMI, Component/AV, and a USB port. You can connect an external hard drive to the docking station to backup your files to HDD without a computer present.
The Sanyo DMX-HD1000 will be shipping in the middle of September in Japan, and in the US in October for $799.99
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