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 S 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