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Bluetooth in a Camcorder? Say It Isn't So!By Michael Foley Bluetooth has made its way into Sony's new camcorder. Sony has made a fateful decision to choose one of the slowest wireless standards for its latest product. While Bluetooth has many uses, transferring video data is not usually one of them. Luckily, Sony has included faster wired interfaces to download large video files. Sony unveiled two networked video cameras that feature short-range wireless technology known as Bluetooth, which allows devices to communicate with each other without cable connections. Bluetooth will allow the two video camcorders, the DV format DCR-PC120 and the new MICROMV format DCR-IP7, to send moving and still digital images directly to personal computers or via a mobile phone to the Internet. The Network Handycam IP uses new MICROMV technology that converts moving images and sound to the MPEG2 format, which allows devices to store and transfer videos efficiently because it takes up less memory space. The other Bluetooth-enabled Handycam uses the more common DV (digital video) format. The faster 802.11b might have been a better choice with rates around 11MBPS compared to Bluetooth's 1MBPS data rate. No other specifications were released on the camcorders, but hopefully IEEE 1394 is included so that users won't be too frustrated with download speeds. The decision to go with Bluetooth follows on the footsteps of Sony's decision to use an unforgiving and slow Java interface on its ill-fated DCM1 camcorder. The DCR-IP7 Network Handycam IP will go on sale October 10 at an expected retail price of around $1,577, with the MICROMV cassettes costing $12.50 each. The slightly larger digital camcorder, the DCR-PC120, will go on sale a month earlier, on September 10, and retail for around $1,408. Link: |
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