Sony, please explain.... (camcorder)

[cmykrgb]

Sony is releasing their hard drive based HD camcorder (HDR-SR1) next month. This thing has a 30GB HDD.

You know, this would just fit perfectly on a Dual Layer HD DVD-R disc.


Some people at Sony just needs to get fired!

[phranctoast]

ill help with that explanation.

Sony does not support hd dvd.

[vick vega]

I think he is saying that they should have made it 50 gig.

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Sony is too big a company to effectively communicate across all division, but I definitely understand your point.

[georgir]

that capacity indeed seems like too low
but it matching the dl hddvd and not any bd is just coincidence, and not important. you can view it as a singlelayer bd, plus 5 gigs "spare" for retakes, etc... after all, people will most often edit their footage before burning to a videodisc, so we can assume some 5gb get cut out or they'll be recording several sessions and transferring to pc before making their 100gb bd disc

still, larger capacity camcorders should follow soon. we already have 160gb laptop drives after all

[takezo]

How much data would a 8cm dual layer mini BD-R have any way? 16GB? If it's to record HD videos, then it's the same as a standard DVD camcorder in recording length.

A 30gb HDD would give you twice the space, in a smaller package. Since Apple can fit 60gb HDDs on their IPOD, I bet that Sony HD camcorder with 30gb HDD will be small and sleak compared to conventional optical disk based camcorders.