LG Electronics (LG), a major player in the global flat panel display and audio-video devices market, announced the launch of its new SL8000 BORDERLESS™ TV at the 2009 Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA), the world’s leading trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances. The new SL8000 boasts a single-layer screen that represents the future of television design and offers consumers a more sophisticated choice in televisions.

“The SL8000 is unlike any LCD TV you’ve ever seen before. It’s a true work of art,” said Simon Kang, CEO and President of LG Home Entertainment Company. “With its BORDERLESS™ design, the TV appears to be a window into a new world of Full HD entertainment. This TV perfectly combines artistic design with the ultimate in picture quality and easy-to-use features, making it unlike anything else in the market.”

LG’s latest LCD TV is truly BORDERLESS™, with the screen and bezel blending seamlessly together. Unlike conventional LCD TVs, where the panel is recessed slightly within a thick plastic frame, LG’s new SL8000 has a single-layer design that sets the panel flush with the narrow bezel surrounding it.

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The new Sony BRAVIA VPL-VW85 SXRD home cinema projector brings a true cinematic experience into the living room. This flagship projector offers fine-grained Full HD 1080p picture quality coupled with a great stylish look and feel.

“The VPL-VW85 is the direct successor of our VPL-VW80 model and we have built in additional features that deliver a true cinematic experience”, says Tak Nakane, Marketing Manager at Sony. “This means real quality plus fine control where it matters, perfect for the home cinema enthusiast keen to upgrade to HD or improve an existing HD setup – and who wants to do it properly.”

At the heart of the VPL-VW85 is Sony’s High Frame Technology 3SXRD™ panel. This technology doubles the number of images displayed on the screen per second, enabling fluid, natural movement no matter how fast the action gets.

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Sony Europe announced BRAVIA™ HDTVs with built-in HD triple tuner. This next generation of Integrated Digital Television (IDTV) has a 3-in-1 integrated DVB-S2, DVB-T and DVB-C tuner which means you can watch terrestrial, cable and free-to-air German TV broadcasts from ASTRA satellite services without the need for set-top boxes or cables cluttering the room.

What’s more, unlike some other multi-tuner TVs, the new BRAVIA V5800, W5800 and Z5800 TVs are CI+ ready so you can easily slot in a smartcard with CI+ CAM to access pay TV and subscription channels.* You can forget juggling those different remote controls. Now, all your favourite TV programmes are accessible at the touch of a single button on your BRAVIA TV remote control.

The new triple tuner TVs are also set up to receive HD channels as they become available. You’ll be able to sit down with the whole family and enjoy an amazing immersive HD experience on a superb 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution Full High Definition screen.

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Today, Panasonic announced the new LUMIX DMC-GF1, the latest addition to the LUMIX G Series, which debuts as the world’s smallest and lightest system digital camera with a built-in flash*. The LUMIX DMC-GF1 distinguishes itself from previous models with its elegant, compact design reminiscent of classic film cameras, yet builds on Panasonic’s success with the revolutionary LUMIX G Series of digital interchangeable lens system cameras based on the Micro Four Thirds system standard. With its compact size, user-friendly design and ability to record High Definition (HD) video and take professional-quality photos, the LUMIX GF1 continues to redefine digital photography standards.

“Panasonic changed the digital camera industry with the world’s first Micro Four Thirds digital camera, the LUMIX G1 – a compact “DSLR-like” digital camera that produces exceptional image quality. Then, as we continued to raise the innovation bar, Panasonic launched the LUMIX GH1, adding full High Definition 1080p video recording with continuous auto focus,” said David Briganti, Senior Product Manager, Imaging, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company. “The new LUMIX GF1 continues the evolution and is the perfect addition to our LUMIX G Series, as its sophisticated, small body makes it easier and more convenient to carry. The GF1 is ideal for point-and-shoot consumers looking to step-up to DSLR-quality or for current DSLR users who want greater convenience without compromising performance quality or creative flexibility.”

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Canon U.S.A., Inc. today introduced a revolutionary camera that redefines the highly competitive mid-range DSLR product category, the Canon EOS 7D Digital SLR camera. Professional photographers and advanced amateurs have been demanding higher performance and more diverse functions in their cameras, and Canon has answered – with the new EOS 7D.

Far more than a slight improvement from a previous model, the EOS 7D DSLR is a brand new product that stands on its own with new features never before seen in any Canon camera. Whether it’s shooting at eight frames per second (fps), focusing with the new Zone AF mode or recording 24p Full HD video, the EOS 7D DSLR camera satisfies the most rigorous professional requirements with durability, flexibility, high-resolution images and customizable controls. With its unprecedented out-of-the-box performance and high-end feature set, the EOS 7D is poised as the ultimate step-up camera for serious photographers or a second camera for professionals in the field.

The EOS 7D boasts significant EOS advancements including a completely new 19-point Autofocus system, a new Canon iFCL Metering System (Intelligent Focus, Color, Luminance) and a new Intelligent Viewfinder. An 18-megapixel Canon CMOS sensor and Dual DIGIC 4 Imaging Processors fuel the EOS 7D’s 14-bit A/D data conversion and its ability to freeze fast motion in high-resolution with eight fps continuous shooting up to 126 Large JPEGS using a UDMA CF card, positioning this camera for the studio as well as the sideline. The EOS 7D captures beautiful low-light images with or without a flash, at occasions such as a dance recital or wedding reception, thanks to a wide range of ISO speed settings from 100-6400 (expandable to 12,800).

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The FlashBox onboard recorder will soon make the work of film professionals easier: Truly diminutive in size, it stores digital film on exchangeable disks without compression. Fraunhofer researchers will be presenting the prototype at the International Broadcast Convention IBC in Amsterdam (September 11 to 15).

Gigantic volumes of data are involved with the production of digital motion pictures – shooting individual scenes alone requires somewhere between 20 to 50 gigabytes. In order to store this information on the set, a handy and high-performance recorder becomes indispensible. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany have developed a small storage box that docks directly onto the movie camera. The recorder can record images for digital cinema and HD in a resolution of up to 2048 x 1080 pixels.

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The new Sony DSLR-a850 offers serious photo enthusiasts a step up to the creative possibilities of full-frame imaging.

Ruggedly built for unflinching pro-style handling and performance, the a850 shares the same 24.6 megapixel sensor and virtually all features of the flagship DSLR-a900, introduced last year. Like its full-frame sibling, the a850 fully exploits the creative possibilities of the a family of lenses that includes premium full-frame optics from Carl Zeiss, plus five high-performance G Lens models.

At the heart of the a850 is a full frame 24.6 effective megapixel Exmor™ CMOS sensor that captures flawless, detail-packed images with vibrant, lifelike colours and fine textures.
The purity of high-resolution image data captured by the full-frame sensor is optimised by two-stage noise reduction in both analogue and digital domains. Noise reduction is first applied as the full-frame sensor converts light to electronic signals.

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Sony Professional today unveiled its brand-new DVCAM Camcorder, the DSR-PD175P, offering the latest in Sony imaging technology specifically applied for Standard Definition productions. The new camcorder builds upon its market acclaimed predecessor, the DSR-PD170P, by providing a broad range of functionality suitable for a wide variety of applications. With enhancements in video and audio quality plus operability, the DSR-PD175P is set to become the new benchmark in the compact SD camcorder market.

The new camcorder uses Sony’s 1/3-inch 3 Exmor™ CMOS Sensor system with ClearVid array. This imaging technology is complemented by Sony’s Enhanced Imaging Processor™ (EIP) system to achieve high resolution, high sensitivity, wide dynamic range, and excellent colour reproduction. Through the use of this technology, the DSR-PD175P is able to offer a superb low-light performance of 1.5 lux, vital for situations where the operator is unable to control ambient light conditions, such as during wedding and documentary production.

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