DD 5.1 Camcorder launched

[sanjayk]

This forum may soon get post in this area also !!

Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator Makes Its Camcorder Debut at CeBIT 2005 in Hanover

Hanover, 10 March, 2005--Dolby Laboratories is pleased to announce the first implementation of Dolby® Digital 5.1 Creator in a consumer camcorder product. The Sony DVD Handycam® camcorder model DCR-DVD403, which will be exhibited at the Sony booth (Hall 2, C02) at CeBIT 2005, incorporates built-in multichannel microphones and Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator, enabling consumers to record their home movies in dramatic 5.1-channel digital surround sound.

Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator is a sophisticated audio coding technology that formats audio content into a multichannel Dolby Digital bitstream, allowing consumers to create home movies with rich, full, surround sound that captures the entire setting. As a result of its superior coding efficiencies, 5.1-channel Dolby Digital requires less data than stereo PCM, resulting in savings in disc space and allowing consumers to make longer recordings or store higher-quality video content by assigning a higher data rate to video.

"Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator opens up a whole new world for the camcorder enthusiast", commented Robin Dyer, Consumer Marketing Manager, Dolby Laboratories. "Now consumers can bring home all of their vacation memories - in both sound and picture. Whether it's a street corner in Prague, or the theatre where a daughter is performing her first piano recital, the entire ambience of the event is captured and preserved in Dolby Digital 5.1".

The Sony Handycam camcorder DCR-DVD403 records to a 3-inch DVD, which is simple and convenient to shoot, play, and share. Connected to a 5.1 audio system, special memories such as birthdays, concerts, or graduations are delivered in realistic and immersive multichannel sound.

A major area of concern for camcorder users has always been the recording of narration tracks on home movies. With Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator built into a camcorder, the person recording no longer needs to shout into the microphone to be heard. The narration can be easily picked up by the rear channels without masking the sounds of objects directly in front of the camera.

[BJ_M]

"HOW do you edit .........."


i see a lot of these posts coming ...

my take on this - a gimmick only ..

[canadateck]

records to a 3-inch DVD

How much "Video" can this hold? Not much I would think.

[guns1inger]

This will be right up there with stereo recording from a tiny mic above the lens. Any seperation of channels experienced is purely accidental.

[raffie]

records to a 3-inch DVD

How much "Video" can this hold? Not much I would think.

They can hold 1.4 GB wich is 30 mins according to what's on the leaflet.
There are also double sided ones.

[hhamzeh]

Hello,

Sony website is stating the following about this DVDCam

"f (35mm Conversion) in "CAMERA-TAPE" position:In 16:9 mode, the focal length figures are actual figures resulting from wide angle pixel read-out."

Does this mean that the lens is true wide screen or at least it has an optical convertor?