I've been annoyed by manufacturers that market their camcorders as HD capable, only to short-change consumers when it comes to the very connection that makes viewing high-definition footage possible.
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While I'm not ready to give it a full review, it did leave a few initial impressions.įirst and foremost, the H30 comes with an HDMI cable in the box. I got my hands on the $250 Camileo H30 before the announcement, the device Toshiba described as its "entry-level" HD camcorder, and have been testing it out. The H30 and X100 also feature a 10 megapixel CMOS sensor and 5x and 10x optical zoom lenses, respectively, while the S20 has a 5 megapixel CMOS sensor with 4x digital zoom. Toshiba is touting the X100 and H30 as full-fledged HD camcorders, which typically cost $600 to $1,000 from other manufacturers.Īll three Camileos shoot 1080/30fps h.264 AVI footage, take stills, support SD and SDHC up to 32GB, and sport a 3-inch LCD touchscreen, dedicated YouTube upload button, and an HDMI output.
With the exception of the S20, the Camileo series camcorders aren't Flip-like pocket gadgets. The X100, H30 and S20 HD camcorders will cost $400, $250 and $180 at launch, respectively. "Finally we got to the point where we could come out with a camcorder that can do 1080p, exactly what the customer is looking for, and bring it in below that $400 price point."Īs a result, Toshiba's new Camileo X100, H30 and S20, will be available for preorder in the US begining Tuesday, April 6 and in stores April 19. "So we kind of waited and waited, felt our way around," he said.
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"We really studied the market, studied a lot of trends, and we asked, ‘What are people buying? What do they want?' What we realized was that people wanted a 1080p product, but they didn't want to pay more than $500 for it," said Brad Johnson, a Toshiba product manager. That's exactly what Toshiba saw when it decided to bring its successful and relatively inexpensive European Camileo line of HD camcorders stateside. Why would a company best known for laptops, HDTVs, and industrial products get into the camcorder biz? In a word: opportunity.
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