Jason Dunn
12-16-2005, 12:30 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.com.com/Upstart%20aims%20to%20bring%20HD%20camcorders%20to%20the%20masses/2100-1041_3-5989639.html?tag=nl' target='_blank'>http://news.com.com/Upstart%20aims%20to%20bring%20HD%20camcorders%20to%20the%20masses/2100-1041_3-5989639.html?tag=nl</a><br /><br /></div><i>"High-definition consumer video cameras are tough to find these days and cost around $1,800. But next year, you might be able to grab one for $799, according to a camera chip upstart. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Ambarella has devised a family of multicore microprocessors that it says can compress and process HD video efficiently and cheaply. The company's chips could be incorporated into a video camera selling for around $799 or into digital still cameras, which would become capable of taking high-resolution stills (8 megapixels or so) as well as TV-quality video. The company will show off the technology at the Computer Electronics Show kicking off on Jan. 5 in Las Vegas. Three major camera makers have already begun to build experimental cameras using Ambarella's chips."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/120905ambarella_500x357.jpg" /><br /><br />As much as I love my Canon GL2, since getting my Samsung HDTV, I crave high definition content like oxygen. The cameras are still too expensive though, so this is a step in the right direction. Bring on the HD!