Sony to Unveil AVCHD Camcorder
CIO Tech Informer reports that Sony is set to unveil its new AVCHD camcorder next Wednesday. The AVCHD format was created because studies have shown that camcorder users prefer using DVDs as recording media versus tape or hard-disk.
“AVCHD has been developed by Sony and Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic) as a way to allow high-definition video to be stored on 8-centimeter DVDs. Conventional DVDs don’t support high-definition video, but the new HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc optical disc formats are not yet mature enough for use in camcorders.”
