pvl@houxh.UUCP (P.LAMASTER) (01/05/84)
This morning's financial page of the Newark Star Ledger reports
that RCA and Kodak are getting into the hand-held VCR ("camrecorder") market.
The concept is like the "Betamovie" where the camera itself holds the tape
so that no separate VCR unit must be transported. Of course, it's still
necessary to have a separate playback unit to view the results.
RCA's will be made by Hitachi and will use standard VHS tapes and format.
Price is about $1000 and deliveries are expected sometime in the second
half of 84.
Kodak's will be made by Matsushita (I think) and will use the new
8mm tape that has introduced by a few manufacturers. Price will be in
the $1500 to $1800 range.
Now my question: Canon, I believe, just introduced a camrecorder system
like the RCA one. Has anyone had experience with these types of camera
systems so that they could offer comments/criticisms?
Pete LaMaster BTL (201)949-0040 ihnp4!houxh!pvl