Isaiah's Tech

I rarely talk about camcorders, but here's a pretty good one from JVC. The Everio GZ-HM1 was just released today and it's capable of taking 10MP still photos and 1080p resolution video with its Konica Minolta HD lens. There's 64GB of internal storage along with an SD / SDHC card slot. You can get this digital camcorder (here) right now for $1,199.95.



[Slash Gear]

Interested in a new camcorder at this very moment? Well, it's your lucky day because the JVC HD Everio GZ-HM400 is available and is now shipping in the US of A. This camcorder has: a 10.3MP sensor that will record Full HD resolution, 32GB of internal storage, an SD / SDHC card slot, and it can also take 9MP pictures. Fortunately, you'll also be able to record video in three slow-motion modes: at 120fps, at 300fps, and at 600fps. It uses AVCHD format, and I'm pretty sure that's a good thing.

This camcorder is now available for $999.95 USD.

[Engadget HD]

Remember JVC's 46-inch 3D TV? Well, the GD-463D10 looks like it is now available in the US. This 46-inch 3D TV has: a Full HD resolution, a 2,000:1 contrast ratio, 178-degree viewing angles, three HDMI inputs, and it's 1.5-inches thick. To make things even better it comes with two 3D glasses. Like I said, it's now available in the US for just $9,153.

[Engadget]

Remember the extremely thin JVC LCD HDTV? I'm sure you do! This TV is just 6.4mm thick and it weighs 12.5 pounds. The JVC LT-32WX50 has: a 32-inch 1080p display, a 4,000:1 contrast ratio, two HDMI inputs, a VGA input, and it covers 90% of Adobe's RGB field. Sounds like a good deal, doesn't it? Well, if you really want to buy this TV have fun forking over $3,000 this November.

[Gizmodo, Engadget]

JVC has just announced a new projector that is more expensive than my house - it's almost 2 times as expensive - the DLA-RS4000 and it weighs 110 pounds. This projector basically has movie theater capabilities. This will project a 12 to 21-foot image on your wall with a 10MP (4,096 x 2,400 resolution), has 3,500 lumens of brightness, and a 10,000:1 contrast ratio. "So you can watch movies at 4K, assuming you can make a deal with the devil and acquire digital cinema files that hover in the resolution range. Of you could allow your 1080P Blu-rays to be unconverted. Or-and JVC actually endorses this use-you could watch four 1080P signals at once." This projector is expected to launch next month - October - for $175,000 USD. Check out what JVC had to say below.



[Gizmodo]

You may or may not remember JVC's extremely thin LCD HDTV, but it was shown off at CES (here) and CEDIA (here). This LT-32WX50 TV is just 7.8mm thick and we wouldn't spite you for confusing it with an OLED TV because it's just so thin. But, this TV is actually an LED side-lit display. This TV reportedly has: 3 HDMI ports, a 20w sound system, 100Hz CMDIII technology, and PC / component inputs; this TV also covers 90% of the Adobe RGB colour space. I'm sure you're interested and now you want to know when and how much it will launch for, right? Well, pull out the wallets because this TV will reportedly be available sometime next month (September) for a heart-pounding £1,700 ($2,806 USD).

JVC has also mentioned that they're planning to ship out a 42-inch model of this TV next year and a 50-inch model could be available in the future as well. However, these TVs won't be as thin as the 32-inch model, but I'm sure we'll all be okay.

[Tech Radar]

Don't hold this against me, but what you see here - I think - is the JVC "world's thinnest" LCD display that they unveiled back at CES and earlier this month. Well, JVC has just shown off this 32-inch LT-32WX50 1080p LCD HDTV and it's just 7mm thick. This display was shown off at UK's CEDIA show. It has an LED-backlit display and weighs just 11 pounds. It also has: a 4,000:1 contrast ratio, 100Hz "dejudder" technology, and covers 90% of Adobe's RGB colour space. On the back of the display, you'll find: HDMI inputs, a PC port, an SD card slot, and a USB connector. This LCD TV is expected to hit oversea retailers this Fall, but there's been no word on if it will hit North America. If this is the display we saw earlier this month, it should be retailing for around $2,500 USD.

[Engadget]

Today, JVC announced their new high-end LCD HDTV line-up, dubbed the XIVIEW. The first model in the line-up will be a 42-inch display, the LT-42WX7, and it will have: a 4,000:1 contrast ratio, 450 nits of brightness, a 178-degree viewing angle, and a 5.5ms response time. The said HDTV is also going to cover 100% or the sRGB colour space and 96% of the Adobe RGB colour space. It will hit Japan at the beginning of next month - July - for around $3,700 USD. Consumers will also be getting 2 x 10W speakers and 3HDMI interfaces, if they purchase this TV.

[Crunch Gear]

I don't know if you remember but back at CES, JVC presented a prototype that claimed to be the world's thinnest 32-inch LCD display. Well, this TV is just 6.4mm thick, which will definitely claim the world's thinnest LCD display title - for now. The display also weighs just 12.5 pounds (world's lightest as well), and has: 400 nits of brightness and a 4,000:1 contrast ratio. This TV is said to be available in Japan this August for around $2,500 USD. JVC did not mention if this will get a release overseas, so we'll just have to be patient.

Like I said, JVC's LCD TV could be dethroned soon because LG is claiming to be working on 5.9mm thin 32-inch displays of their own.

[Crunch Gear]

Yes, 3D-technology is expensive. This TV set, the JVC GD-463D10, will cost around $7,000 USD. The HDTV uses Xpol technology for it's 3D-ness and it requires you to wear those funky glasses, which I don't think is good at all. There are only 2 glasses included in the box, so that could be a bad thing if you're looking to deliver 3D to your whole family. Anyways, the HDTV has a 2,000:1 contrast ratio, 10,000:1 dynamic ratio, 3 HDMI ports, "10Wx2ch speakers and 1080/24, 50p, 60p, 50i and 60i support." The TV will first make its debut in Japan - no surprise - in the beginning of July for the aforementioned price of around $7,000 USD. The 3D HDTV is said to be released worldwide afterwards, but there are no release dates for when that will be. If you want to check it out head over to the NAB Show, which is taking place from April 18 - 23 in Las Vegas.

[Crunch Gear]

We are going to see a new JVC LCD protoype at this year's CES. JVC is claiming this 32 inch LCD TV to be the lightest and will only weigh 11 pounds. It looks to me that it has a weird stand and looks better without the stand, mounted on the wall. They reportedly used "50% less materials and 10% fewer LCD module parts" and they also used a "new optical system." JVC explained how they made the LCD so thin and light, but i don't really understand it too well, so you can read about it in the article below, if you want.

Some more news regarding the LG LH9500. I think i talked about this a couple of posts ago, but i don't remember. What i do know, is that we will see this at this year's CES. And, it has a wireless HD box included and has DivX HD support. It will use 240Hz and has a contrast ratio of 2,000,000:1. It's pretty slim and really good looking. Nice to see LG starting off the year pretty good. We'll see it at CES.

The upcoming phone by Palm will be shown at CES, just like everything else i've talked about today. So, this Palm phone will sport the new Nova OS, which some people are claiming to be "amazing." This Palm phone has no official design, but it will, reportedly, be a slider phone, with a large screen. HTC will be designing the phone, so it should look decent. HTC designs all different kind of phones, besides their own. Notably, the T-Mobile G1 and now this Palm slider. We may not see the phone's design at this year's CES, but we will, most likely, see the Nova OS do some work. Be ready.

Apple's Macworld is tomorrow (Tuesday), January 6, 2009. It will be Apple's last Macworld and will be showing at 12:00 p.m. This means that i'll miss most of it, if not, all of it. I don't know how long it will be, so yeah. Anyways, until later, i'm out, maybe even another blog before i leave the library. We'll see

JVC LCD Prototype (and picture): http://gizmodo.com/5123427/jvc-32+inch-lcd-prototypes-11+pount-weight-and-7mm-thickness-to-be-ogled-at-ces
LG's Super Slim LCD (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lgs-super-slim-led-backlit-lcd-packing-wireless-hd-divx-hd/
Palm's Nova-powered Slider Phone (and picture): http://gizmodo.com/5123361/palms-nova+powered-last-stand-a-slider-with-large-touchscreen
Apple's Last Macworld: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/apples-final-macworld-keynote-is-tuesday-and-well-be-there-li/