The GY-HD100, JVC's ProHD 3-CCD camcorder

By Peter Rojas

Sony's stolen a bit of their thunder lately, but JVC is hitting back with the GY-HD100, a new compact high-definition camcorder that's aimed at the professional end of the market. This one sports a 3-CCD sensor,
interchangeable lenses (it ships with a 16x lens), a removable hard drive (!), and records in ProHD, a new standard based on the same MPEG2 compression standard used in consumer-grade
HDV camcorders, but that adds more pro features like support for 24p and timecoding. Only records up to 720p (1280 x 720), but support for both 1080i and 1080p is planned for future ProHD cameras.

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