JVC demo hand-held professional HD camcorder

At NAB 2003, JVC Professional Products are demonstrating the JY-HD10U, the world's first professional hand-held camcorder with full HD recording capabilities.
The single CCD (1.18 million pixel, 16:9) JY-HD10U is a flexible and affordable HD digital camcorder that is set to enable video professionals at all levels to enter the HD production market.
The unit allows users to record in both HD and standard definition in three resolution modes; HD at 720/30p and SD at 480/60p or 480/60i. The two progressive modes (720/30p, 480/60p) use native 16:9 from the CCD with MPEG-2 compression, and the standard mode (480/60i) is 4:3 with DV compression. All recording is on common MiniDV tape.
The JY-HD10U provides format-conversion while playing back through its analogue component outputs, so it can upconvert or downconvert into virtually any format, including 1080i, 720/30p, 480/60p, and 480/60i.
JVC have billed the JY-HD10U as “a total solution for today's video professional.”
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