HD Everio GZ-HD6
JVC rolls out a pair of smaller, more progressive high-definition Everio hard drive-based camcorders to replace its GZ-HD7 and GZ-HD3.
The new models can produce a progressive 60 frames per second 1920x1080 output (in JVC's MPEG-2 format), even though they use the same 10x zoom lenses, and same tiny low-resolution sensors as their predecessors. The HD6 has a 120GB hard drive (rated to hold 10 hours of best-quality video), and a microphone input. It comes in black, while the HD5 comes in silver and has a 60GB drive.
Both models support x.v.Color, Sony's name for xvYCC -- the international standard for wide-colour space within moving images -- for better colour reproduction on some TVs (currently Sony Bravias and maybe some newer JVC models support it).
In addition, the previous models had issues with subpar optical-image stabilisers that JVC says it has fixed. We also thought they were overpriced; at US$1,399 for the HD6 and US$1,119 for the HD5, they might still be. We're reserving judgment for now.
Australian pricing and availability has not yet been announced.
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Jase
15/05/2008 01:12 AM
This article is hugely misleading as these cameras cannot record onto their on board media @ 1080p. Refer to specs at http://www.jvc-australia.com/JVCstores/PRODUCTS/270/ATTRFILE_File2/GZ-HD7.pdf Please edit this article as it gives consumers the wrong idea
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cool jin
17/07/2008 02:08 AM
Jase - your comments are incorrect. The specs u are referring to are for the GZ-HD 7 - which records 1080i - the article above refers to the GZ-HD 7 - which DOES record in 1080p
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