Sanyo Xacti DMX-HD800

Sanyo Electric Co Ltd will launch the "Xacti DMX-HD800," a camcorder supporting 720p HDTV resolution, in Japan Aug 22, 2008. A new sleek, slim high definition dual camera Xacti that can take both stills and videos. The camera sports a compact and light-weight body, and easily saves data onto SD/SDHC memory cards for convenience. The DMX-HD800 will take stills and videos used on a personal computer or for the Web, houses a new three-dimensional digital noise reduction (3DDNR) filter, and adds the ‘Face Chaser’ for both stills and videos with an active scanner visible on the monitor.

To enable the 3D noise reduction function, the camcorder uses an image processing LSI dubbed "Platinum Σ engine," which is also adopted in the higher-end model "DMX-HD1010" released in June 2008. Random noise generated along the time-axis can be reduced by the 3D noise reduction function. Thus, the compression rate when coding is reportedly increased by 10-15%, compared with the existing model (DMX-HD700).

Sanyo Xacti DMX-HD800 features
• Digital Image Stabilizer senses camera revolution and photographic subject movement
• Original DVD authoring and editing made easy with Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0
• Continuous shot function allows more photo opportunities (8 /2 Megapixels)
• ‘Simple Mode’ operability available for first time users
• ‘Manual Mode’ operability for more advanced users
• Long-lasting battery allows up to 250 stills or 90 min of continuous video
• ‘Photo view button’ for smooth transition of monitor between videos and stills
• In-camera video editing (cutting & pasting) function
• Allows recording and playback of videos up to 4GB continuously
• Record in low-light scenes with camera’s low-light mode compatible down to 3 lux
• Confirm faces being detected with new LCD display showing which subject is main
• Optional AV-connection kit available for camera to be used with ‘Xacti Library’ which includes saving of files by dates taken