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Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) is pleased to announce the launch of
the "GR-HD1" high-definition digital video camera, the first consumer
digital video camera in the world to record and play back digital
high-definition images, and to be announced in the United States later
this year. By utilizing a newly developed 1/3 inch-type 1.18 million
pixel progressive scan CCD and JVC proprietary processing, the new
camera records and plays back 750/30p (1280x720/30p viewable) digital
high-definition and 525p progressive wide images to mini DV tape.
Adding to the traditional way of enjoying high-definition content by
"viewing" and "recording", the "GR-HD1" offers a new way to enjoy
high-definition images through "creating."
Main Features
- The first* consumer digital video camera in the world to record
and play back digital high-definition images (750/30p) *As of January
22, 2003
- The "GR-HD1" records digital high-definition images (750/30p) to
mini DV tapes using MPEG 2 compression, while maintaining conventional
525i DV standard recording times.
- The "GR-HD1" comes with an optical 10X zoom lens and built-in
optical image stabilizer. It also uses a newly developed 1/3 inch-type
1.18 million pixel (1.14 million effective pixels) progressive scan
CCD. Because of its JVC original signal processing circuitry and
driving system, it can record multi-format high-quality,
high-resolution images.
- 3 recording modes ("HD mode", "SD mode", and "DV mode") "HD
Mode" records 750/30p digital high-definition images, "SD Mode" 525p
progressive wide images, "DV Mode" in the conventional 525i DV
standard. Users can freely select among the 3 modes according to their
requirements.
- "Down converter" and "Up converter" functions adapt the camera
to any monitor. Up converter converts 750/30p digital high-definition
images and 525p progressive wide images to the 1125i high-definition
standard; Down converter converts images to the conventional 525i
broadcast standard, enabling images to be enjoyed on any monitor.
- The camera's grip section rotates by up to 90 degrees so camera
operators can film at low angles without removing their hand from the
grip. The grip adjusts its position to suit the operator during
filming, enabling more stable filming at all times.
- The accessory kit sold separately includes "MPEG Edit
Studio® Pro 1.0 LE," an MPEG2-HD editing software package for
digital High-definition images. This is the first consumer MPEG2
software to provide frame accurate editing capabilities (more in seperate
article).
