Sanyo Xacti Brings Filmmaking Into the Palm of Your Hand

Sanyo offers two new palm-sized camcorders to Hong Kong.

Japanese Electronics giant Sanyo has released two new camcorders for the local market. Whether you’re making home movies of your bundle of joy or a wannabe film maker the new Xacti Dual Cameras will help you get the job done.

The Ultra slim VPC-CS1 can easily slip into any pocket thanks to its lightweight design (approx. 5 oz), and slim body (1.06” in thickness). It can capture Full HD videos with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels in either MPEG-4 AVC or H.264 video format. The VPC-CS1 can also take high resolution 8-megapixel images using its advanced 10x zoom to 38mm wide angle lens.

 

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Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ Brings Your Hard Drive Videos Right to Your TV

No more cables with this Seagate TV docking station.

After a somewhat disappointing initial release back in February, hard-drive manufacturer Seagate has released an updated version of its FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player called, simply, the Seagate FreeAgent Theater+.

The FreeAgent Theater+ makes storing and using your media files a breeze. Simply load the hard-drive with your selection of movies, music, videos and pictures from your home PC and slide it into the FreeAgent Theater+ docking system to get instant access to your digital media library on your HD TV.

Like its first generation, the FreeAgent Theater+ still allows users to slide and exchange modules between your PC and home-theater; but unlike its predecessor, the FreeAgent Theater+ actually acts as a home-network, drastically simplifying the process of streaming your content directly from your PC to your television.

We use Seagate drives to back up our data because they are small and cheap, now we can just take it to our TV to watch all our vides on a bigscreen. This changes movie night at a friends house, or even how you will lend out your DVD collections in the future.

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Bravo for Sony’s Bravia HD-TV’s

Sony covers all the bases with the green & portable s5500 and S5700.

Sony has some new runnings at the HD LCD TV Market with the new Bravia S5500 and S5700 series of TVs. Both HD’s use the Bravia Engine 3 image processor, Live Colour and built-in digital tuner and Advanced Contrast Enhancer. Included, also, are the S-Force Front Surround sound systems which we’re told are nice.

There’s a few cool features and accessories for this day and age are the Bravia Sync remote which can sync with a variety of your electronics including your TV. There’s also power-saving abilities like the automatic Ambient Light Sensor which brightens or dims the light depending on the current light levels in the room and the TV switches to standby mode when no input signal from the remote or PC is detected for 30 seconds.

Interestingly enough, the S5500’s 32″ (no confirmation yet on the 26 and 37) comes in 3 colors: black, brown and blue while the 22″ comes in silver and is designed to be more portable for your children who apparently like to watch TV in every single room of the house.

Prices are down below, and all are affordable to folks who want to see Kanye and Serena’s tirades in HD:

New Sony AVCHD Memory Stick Handycam CX-500

Camcorders just get better and better!

If you want a camcorder nowadays, you’d better go HD. That’s why Sony announced their upcoming successor to the Handycam CX-12– the AVCHD Memory Stick Handycam CX-500.

This new camcorder features a built-in memory of 32GB, enough to store up to 12 hours and 40 minutes of full-HD video recordings. With support for the latest 32GB Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX, you can further double your storage for those of you that just can’t stop recording!

The CX-500 is made for performance. Featuring the latest technologies such as Sony’s G Lens and the Exmor R CMOS sensor, your videos will be without doubt, crystal clear. Additionally, this camcorder features Advanced Optical Steadyshot with 3-way Shake Cancelling function, which will ensure that if your hands aren’t steady, your videos will be steady.

As you can probably tell from the looks, this camcorder definitely ain’t a toy. With a pretty heavy price tag of HK$8,980, it definitely proves it. If you have a serious hobby for recording movies, this camcorder is definitely worth considering. The Handycam CX-500 will be available starting at the end of August.

Sony’s New Blu-Ray Home Theatre Systems

Doesn’t your home theater deserve to be as sexy as you are?

As we go further into the technological era, our expectations for entertainment goes higher and higher everyday. To meet our new standards for Full HD movies and High-Fidelity Surround Sound at home, Sony launched two Blue-Ray home theatre systems: BDV-E800 and BDV-E300, as well as a new Blue-Ray disk player — the BDP-S360 — for those of you that are already satisfied with their high-end sound system.

First, let’s take a look at the BDV-E800 and BDV-E300. Both of these are built with Sony’s cutting-edge technologies, including wireless audio capabilities, and support for the latest audio codecs such as Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, Dolby Digital Plus, and DTS-HD Master Audio. Also, thanks to Sony’s advanced algorithm, virtual surround rear speakers can be played when these 5.1 speakers are used to play 7.1 channel Blue-Ray disks.

On top of all these features, the BDV-E800 goes even a step farther by offering a S-Master full digital amplifier and Sony’s proprietary S-AIR wireless audio transmission technology to ensure high-quality sound even when wires are not used!

If you’re already satisfied with your current surround sound system, and you’re only missing a Blue-Ray player, no worries. That is why Sony is also releasing the BDP-S360 Blue-Ray player. Sony’s latest player includes the latest technologies such as pristine 1080p Full-HD picture quality, and full 7.1 surround sound support from a compatible AV receiver.

The BDP-S360 Blue-Ray player is already selling at authorized Sony dealers for its suggested retail price of only HK$2,380. The other two home theatre systems are going to be released in September, with their retail prices not revealed yet. Get yourself one of these babies and a BRAVIA HDTV, and you’ll be off to some great movie nights!

LG Brings Us 3D TV On a 47″ Screen

Didn’t you just buy a new plain old HD TV?!!

Oh joy, here’s what you get for being an “adopter” not even an early one for HD, LG now is bringing their 47″ HD TV out with built in 3D technology that only requires the 3D glasses and not any additional 3D rendering video cards or even a PC as some other TV’s need.

The 47″ HD TV costs HK$16,000 but no word yet on the additional fee for the 3D one or to buy numerous glasses for your family and friends who will no doubt be watching movies at your place every night.

(via Akihabara News)