HDV Mini Video Camcorder with 1/3-Inch CCD

Future is now. If you want to start producing your own high definition content for home, event videography or broadcast purposes, the JVC JY-HD10U camcorder is the ticket. Capturing high-resolution video in the 16:9 widescreen format at double the resolution of standard broadcast video, the camera will output component video directly to a HDTV television or projector. It will even connect to a D-VHS recorder via Fire Wire to digitally transfer the video for broadcast distribution or archival purposes. There is also an output mode specifically for DVD authoring. If you want to be a HDTV producer, the JY-HD10U lets you hit the ground running.

The JY-HD10U pushes the limits of CCD technology. A single CCD design, the camera captures its amazing video with its 1.18 million pixels in native widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio making it perfect for the new generation of home HD and standard definition sets. JVC also improved dynamic range and signal to noise ratio to make the JY-HD10U sensitive in the brightest and darkest parts of the captured scene.

The JY-HD10U's lens was specifically designed to capture high-resolution images. With its 10x-zoom ratio and wide angle at 5.2mm, equivalent to a 40mm lens on a 35mm still camera, the lens offers full zoom range with almost no variation in brightness. The lens comes with a useful lens hood to block glare.

It is common to have even the most minimal hand-shake to be obvious when using the zoom function of the lens. Digital image stabilizers send the video through circuitry that only degrades the image in the long run. The JY-HD10U uses a better system. A small motor corrects for camera shake as measured by algorithm hundreds of times per second with no digital degradation.