(SECAUCUS, NJ -November 30, 2006) Panasonic announced today that its AJ-HPX2000 P2 HD shoulder-mount camcorder, available in January 2007, will include 24p frame-rate capability in addition to optional support of the advanced independent frame compression codec, AVC-Intra.
 
As the first shoulder-mount camcorder in Panasonic’s P2 HD series, the multi-format AJ-HPX2000 features a native HD progressive 2/3″ 3-CCD system that offers superb recording in 1080i, 720p, 480i, 576i and in a total of 17 high definition and standard definition formats. Designed to support versatile compression rates, the AJ-HPX2000 is switchable between DVCPRO HD/50/25 and DV as well as the new AVC-Intra codec, the industry’s most advanced image compression technology. AVC-Intra provides highly-efficient intra-frame 10-bit encoding to offer comparable DVCPRO HD quality at half the bit rate, while doubling recording time per P2 card thereby lowering media storage as well as distribution costs. The AVC-Intra codec will offer two modes: 100 Mbps, the highest recording quality available for a one-piece camcorder (comparable to D-5 HD video quality) and AVC-Intra 50 Mbps for exceptional high image quality at a lower data rate.

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