SAMSUNG USING SOLID-STATE DRIVES IN CAMCORDERS

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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Samsung fixes major flaw in its HD camcorders, approaches perfection

Samsung just took its flagship 1080p camcorder and made it even better. The HMX-106's major improvement over its predecessors is the camera's optical image stabilization. This fixes the major flaw in last year's Samsung HMX-20C camcorder, whose digital image stabilization we've found to be largely ineffective.

Samsung has also increased the internal solid-state storage capacity to an impressive 64GB of flash memory, which it's calling a camcorder first — probably soon to be matched industry-wide. The camera's predecessor is excellent aside from its shaky stabilization, making this new HMX-106 and its brandmates, each with incrementally lesser degrees of flash storage and price, HD camcorders worth a closer look.

Available in April, no pricing was mentioned yet, but last year's model sells for around $850. Take a peek at this beauty in the gallery below, then click Continue for details in Samsung's press release.

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Samsung HZ10W Digital Camera First Impression Review

Fresh from the floor of CES, we bring you Samsung's new not-quite-ultra-zoom camera, the HZ10W.

This model manages to fit an impressive 10x zoom as well as a decent wide angle lens into a body not much bigger than a standard point-and-shoot. It also houses a 10-megapixel sensor, and will sell for $299.99 in January.

Based on our brief experience with this camera, we were really impressed by the quality of the components and the menu system, but less so with the slow lens. Read on for more of our First Impressions of this camera, keeping in mind that they are based on a pre-production sample, and that image quality can't be judged without taking a final camera into our labs for analysis.

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Samsung's HZ10W arrives early with ultra-wide 24mm lens

Ooops. Samsung's 10.2 megapixel HZ10W camera has leaked onto the Internets a bit early. The wide-angle lens goes extra-wide with its 24mm (not 28mm) Schneider with 10x optical zoom stabilized with both optical and digital anti-shake tech.

It also captures 720p video at 30fps in H.264 format to SDHC cards if that's your thing. In addition to a presumably useful array of automatic face detection, Smile Shot (shoots a photo when the subject smiles) and Blink Detection (triggers 3x shots if a blink is detected), the camera also features manual control over shutter speed, focus, aperture, and ISO settings. Happy, pappy?

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Samsung announces the world’s first 64GB SSD full HD camcorder

Samsung has just announced the H-series camcorders. Doug and I love Samsung’s camcorders and I think I’m ready to trade my SC-HMX10C for one of these.

The HMX-H106 has the distinction of being the first camcorder equipped with a 64GB SSD. The HMX-H105 packs a 32GB SSD while the HMX-H104 is half that with a 16GB SSD. Bringing up the rear is the HMX-H100, which is sans SSD and requires an SD/SDHC memory card. The switch to SSD is the big thing here.

But they all shoot in full HD and use H.264 video compression. A Schneider lens takes care of the visuals with a 37mm wide-angle focal length. There’s a built-in flash so you can take 4.7-megapixel stills and view them on a 2.7-inch touchscreen LCD. Like the SC-MX20, the H-series features the time lapse mode but in HD. The H106 will be available in April while the others will hit the street in March.

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Samsung Puts Solid-State Drives in Camcorders

Samsung has launched a posse of cool-looking high-definition camcorders that store video on internal solid-state drives (SSD), as well as a compact digital camcorder that targets YouTubers.
The big news here is SSD storage, which provides fast, durable onboard memory.

The flagship of Samsung’s line, the HMX-H106, is (so far) the first camcorder to come stocked with a 64-gigabyte SSD. Up until now, camcorder makers have employed a variety of storage media, including tape, DVDs, flash memory and small hard drives. Just as in laptops, SSD storage represents a significant achievement because it is fast, lightweight and has no moving parts, which makes it more durable when compared with standard hard-drive technology.

Samsung did not provide pricing information for the new camcorders. Expect to pay a premium for SSD drives, however.
Samsung announced two other SSD models, the HMX-H105 (with a 32-gigabyte SSD) and HMX-H104 (with a 16-gigabyte SSD). The company’s SSD camcorders enable users to expand memory capacity by adding an SD/SDHC memory card. A fourth new camcorder, the HMX-H100, relies on SD/SDHC memory for storage, rather than an internal SSD.

The H105, H104, and H100 will be available in March, but you’ll have to wait an extra month for the 64-gigabyte H106.
The company also debuted a youth-oriented compact camcorder, the SMX-F34, with 16 gigabytes of built-in flash memory and a 42x zoom, as well as the HMX-R10, which will be able to capture still digital photos at a resolution of 9 megapixels.

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Event for Samsung VLUU WB500 Digital Camera

Samsung camera VLUU (http://www.vluu.co.kr) in Korea is launching WB500 which is a compact digital camera in Korea and announced to do a 'back-to-school' event.

In order to participate in the event, after purchasing a VLUU product, register the product number in the VLUU camera home page. Then through drawing lots, Honda scooter, Sense netbook, bicycle, Yepp Haptic MP3 player, movie tickets, etc. will be provided.

For more information, visit Samsung VLUU, http://www.vluu.co.kr