I was all excited about a consumer camcorder that captured native 1080p/60, but then I read the translated link and saw this: " New I / P conversion circuitry added. Progressive 1080/60 p converting it back to the camera HDMI output from the terminal."
Something may be lost in translation there, but it definitely sounds to me like it's recording the "usual" 1080i and just having the camera do some internal deinterlacing, rather than relying on the TV to deinterlace. Not exactly a breakthrough after all. D'oh.
Note to manufacturers: When I can buy a camcorder that captures NATIVE 1080p/60 and 1080p/24, with recording to SDHC media, then I'll gladly pry open the wallet for an upgrade from my 1080i MPEG-2 Mini-DV camcorder.
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I was all excited about a consumer camcorder that captured native 1080p/60, but then I read the translated link and saw this: " New I / P conversion circuitry added. Progressive 1080/60 p converting it back to the camera HDMI output from the terminal."
Something may be lost in translation there, but it definitely sounds to me like it's recording the "usual" 1080i and just having the camera do some internal deinterlacing, rather than relying on the TV to deinterlace. Not exactly a breakthrough after all. D'oh.
Note to manufacturers: When I can buy a camcorder that captures NATIVE 1080p/60 and 1080p/24, with recording to SDHC media, then I'll gladly pry open the wallet for an upgrade from my 1080i MPEG-2 Mini-DV camcorder.