AVCHD Lite Format

Jeff9329 wrote on 1/27/2009, 10:44 AM

Now there is another AVCHD, AVCHD Lite.

This has been introduced on a new Panasonic camera. Here is some introduction information:

AVCHD Lite for Long Recording of HD Motion Images
In addition to Motion JPEG images*2, the TZ7 can record high-definition motion picture*3 in AVCHD Lite. It features almost doubling the recording time in HD quality compared with the conventional Motion JPEG format. The TZ7 also features Dolby Digital Stereo Creator to record high quality audio, so you can match the beautiful motion images with outstanding stereo sound.

*1 The "AVCHD" is a high definition (HD) digital video recording / playback format jointly established by Panasonic Corporation and Sony Corporation. The “AVCHD Lite” is a subset of the “AVCHD format” for HD digital video cameras with HD video recording restricted to 720P.The new “AVCHD Lite” Logo and the “AVCHD Lite” License are restricted to devices within the AVCHD Video Camera category. Digital cameras have been added to the AVCHD Video Camera category.
*The “AVCHD Lite” and the “AVCHD Lite” logo are trademarks of Panasonic Corporation and Sony Corporation.

Comments

Coursedesign wrote on 1/27/2009, 4:40 PM

This should be great for security cameras.

I often wonder if banks etc. think of the few thousand dollars they saved by getting sub-SD resolution recording instead of the HD video that might have allowed them to go pick up the loot grabber immediately...

John_Cline wrote on 1/27/2009, 8:18 PM

I'm curious why the chose to compare the new AVCHD Lite to Motion JPEG? I'll bet they actually meant MPEG2 and this copy was written by some Panasonic marketing person that didn't have a clue as to what they were talking about.

The "outstanding stereo sound" statement is a bit strange, too. Most all camcorders for the last 10-15 years have had stereo sound. It's not like Dolby Digital stereo is going to be any better than the 48k uncompressed PCM stereo of a DV camcorder.