Samsung is releasing a posse of high-definition camcorders that store video on internal solid-state drives. The flagship of Samsung's line, the HMX-H106, is the first camcorder to come stocked with a 64-gigabyte SSD.
Until now, camcorder makers have employed a variety of storage media, including tape, DVDs, flash memory and small hard drives.
Just as in high-end laptops that use SSDs rather than conventional hard drives, SSD storage is likely to yield a significant improvement in performance for camcorders.
Samsung has also announced two other SSD models, the HMX-H105 (with a 32-gigabyte SSD) and HMX-H104 (with a 16-gigabyte SSD). The camcorders enable users to expand memory capacity by adding an SD/SDHC memory card.
The new camcorders employ H.264 compression technology, and Samsung says the HMX-H106 can store up to 12 hours of HD video in fine mode.
The H105 and H104 will be available in March, and the H106 in April.
Samsung did not provide prices for the camcorders.
— Rik Fairlie
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