Kodak Readies Zi8 Pocket Camcorder
Wednesday July 29, 2009
Kodak was quick to challenge Pure Digital in the pocket camcorder world and now they've announced their third model due in September: the Zi8. It builds off the ... Read More
DXG Luxe: Camcorders Gone Glam
Tuesday July 28, 2009
DXG is trying to put its stamp on the camcorder market with a new Luxe line of high definition models due in August that take their cue more ... Read More
Disney's Coming Attraction: Kids Camcorder
Monday July 27, 2009
This fall, Digital Blue will offer up a digital camcorder for kids. The Disney Flix Jr. can record two minute clips up to 15 minutes in total. A ... Read More
What's the Deal With Upscaling?
Monday July 27, 2009
Much of the buzz from the recent camcorder announcement from Samsung focused on the "Flip-like" U10. But there were standard definition models as well (the SMX-K40 and SMX-K45) ... Read More
New Reviews: Flash Memory Camcorders
Wednesday July 22, 2009
Flash memory is an increasingly popular storage format for camcorders. We got our hands a pair of models: Samsung's HMX-H106 and Canon's FS200. Samsung's is a high-end, high ... Read More
Q3: A Pocket Camcorder For Audiophiles
Tuesday July 21, 2009
Here's an interesting twist on the pocket camcorder: a model designed to capture high quality audio. The new Q3 from Zoom boasts two on-board condenser microphones for stereo ... Read More
Apollo 11 Cameras
Monday July 20, 2009
With today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, there has been ample praised heaped on the three brave astronauts who boldly went where no one had ... Read More
Flip vs. iPhone
Friday July 17, 2009
There's nothing we like more in the tech world than matching up blockbuster gadgets to see which one comes out on top. Early speculation about a forthcoming iPod ... Read More
Samsung Targets Flip With New Pocket Camcorder
Tuesday July 14, 2009
There are “Flip killers” and then there Flip killers. And Samsung is definitely aiming at the latter with its new HMX-U10 camcorder. It borrows heavily from the Flip’s ... Read More
Panasonic HDC-TM300K Review
Tuesday July 14, 2009
Panasonic's HDC-TM300K is a high definition flash memory camcorder that recently hit store shelves. It's aimed squarely at the advanced amateur with a host of manual controls, but ... Read More
Ritz Camera: Not Dead Yet
Tuesday July 14, 2009
Many camcorder shoppers have passed through the doors of Ritz Camera Centers. The nation's largest camera store chain declared Chapter 11 in April and at the time said it ... Read More
Coby Enters Camcorder Market
Friday July 10, 2009
Bad economy got you down? Well, Coby is counting on it. The low cost electronics maker is about to introduce their first camcorder products with bottom basement prices. ... Read More
The Pope Gets a Camcorder
Thursday July 9, 2009
The G8 meeting of the world's industrial powers got underway in Italy this week. As part of the international diplomacy, Japan's Prime Minister gave the Pope a gift: a Sony ... Read More
Coming Soon: Panasonic 240GB Hard Drive Camcorder
Wednesday July 8, 2009
From Engadget and CamcorderInfo comes word of a new hard disk drive-based camcorder from Panasonic: the HDC-HS350. The news is initially out of Japan, so no word yet on ... Read More
Sony Updates DVD Burner
Tuesday July 7, 2009
In addition to the two new flash memory camcorders, Sony will update its DVDirect DVD burner. This standalone burner connects to camcorders to transfer footage (both standard and high definition) ... Read More
Sony Adds High Definition Flash Camcorders
Tuesday July 7, 2009
Sony pulled back the curtain on a pair of high-end flash memory based camcorders: the HDR-CX520V and HDR-CX500V. Both pack a generous serving of internal memory. The CX520V ($1,300) ... Read More
Apple Developing a Flip Killer?
Tuesday July 7, 2009
Ryan Kim at the San Francisco Chronicle passes along a rumor that Apple is looking to embed a camera into its newest iPod. Kim remarks that it could be "another ... Read More
Camcorder Review: Sony HDR-XR520V
Monday July 6, 2009
Sony raised quite a few eyebrows in January when it announced that it had packed a GPS receiver into several new high definition camcorders. One of those GPS models ... Read More
Filming Fourth of July Fireworks
Wednesday July 1, 2009
Filming fireworks with a camcorder is not easy – to put it mildly. But just as fireworks typically celebrate acts of bravery and heroism against seemingly insurmountable odds, you too ... Read More

