Toshiba to showcase "world's smallest HDTV camera" at NAB

Granted, Toshiba Imaging's IK-HD1 3CCD HDTV Camera may not matter much to the consumer as-is, but we're all about the progress. Ready to make its grand, er, wee entrance at NAB Show later this month, the aforementioned unit touts the planet's "smallest" HD camera head (1.6-inches; 2.3-ounces), which should give program producers in tight spots one less reason to not capture content in high-def. In that vein, Tosh even notes that its ability to capture at 1,920 x 1,080 at 30fps makes it "highly suitable for reality TV (you getting this, producers?), specialty broadcast, sports, news and commercials." We know, this totally opens the door for an HD version of Punk'd, but hey, you can't win 'em all.

[Via Engadget Spanish]

[someguy7234 @ Apr 7th 2008 7:38PM]

Put one of these on one of camera-glasses things from earlier today ( http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/remote-control-spy-glasses-offer-built-in-camera-music-playback/ ) and you might have something

[...Jan... @ Apr 7th 2008 7:58PM]

- Yeah, but then, wouldn't it only record like 5 minutes of video?
- That's just the camera itself, right? So how big is it once we put batteries, memory, and a microphone? If I were to hook up a harddrive to the camera, it'd ruin the purpose. Now pack it with a 32GB SD card...

[Aguiluz @ Apr 7th 2008 8:33PM]

That would be a face shield now.

[Esat Dedezade @ Apr 8th 2008 5:16AM]

How 'bout putting one of these in a new mobile phone?

Sure it would be the approximate size of my head, and have only the capacity to record 10 minutes of footage but....

....

I can't remember where I was going with this...

[schmitty338 @ Apr 7th 2008 7:39PM]

...and opens the door for High-Def peepin' Tom's!


Wooot.....?

[Christian @ Apr 7th 2008 7:55PM]

that's what I was about to say when he said reality tv.

[Lowest Ranked @ Apr 7th 2008 8:03PM]

I don't know about that new fangled rubick's cube lookin' thing, but I'll take that feather, paperclip and ruler!

[Leroot @ Apr 7th 2008 9:23PM]

well in fact, Toshiba employed MacGuyver to build the camera OUT of a feather, paperclip and ruler. The picture is something of a design blueprint.

[Adam @ Apr 7th 2008 8:27PM]

I leave for Vegas in the morning. Can't wait to see this thing in the flesh. Woot.

[Blair @ Apr 7th 2008 8:38PM]

I think this would be perfect for shows like Deadliest Catch where they try to put cameras in precarious positions.

[ethana2 @ Apr 7th 2008 9:31PM]

How many nm process size?
130?
90?
65?

[Clinton @ Apr 7th 2008 9:46PM]

I love how they include the feather like all feathers are the same, and small in size.

[PuppyDog @ Apr 7th 2008 11:44PM]

Ruler=small
Feather=light weight
Paperclip=versitile

It's subtle marketing speak. They have limited poster space and almost non-existant consumer attention span so they take a photo of the camera, and include other objects with characteristics they want you to associate with that camera.

[Richard @ Apr 7th 2008 9:55PM]

Reality TV?? No no no. I'm going to use it to tape one night stands :)

[Will @ Apr 8th 2008 12:43AM]

You're posting comments on a tech blog. So probably not.

[Dan Davis @ Apr 8th 2008 10:55AM]

Toshiba can now transfer all that mini HD footage onto Blu Ray! Yea!

[Mike V @ Apr 8th 2008 5:55PM]

That's just the camera head.

There will be a multicore cable back to a big control box containing most of the electronics.

Then you have to cable out to a recorder and also to a monitor so you can frame the shot.

Similar cameras have been out for like 10 years e.g. JVC make one very similar even in size.

The buzz will be if the image quality is better than existing cameras.
A couple of millimeters in size difference isn't really big news.

[GPS @ Apr 28th 2008 6:26PM]

Now spy in HD