Sanyo announces six new Xacti camcorders in Bangkok, Thailand
SHOWCASE: Sanyo unveiled six new camcorders in their Xacti line-up - three vertical hand-held models and three horizontal ones, which is a new (and bold departure) for the company. Similar launches were held in Dubai, Munich, Toronto, London, New York, and Osaka (besides Bangkok).
When queried about how business would change with Panasonic’s acquisition of Sanyo, Mr. Yoshinori Nakatani, CRO and Vice President of Sanyo, revealed that Sanyo would maintain its unique business identity, brand and listing of stock. He further elaborated that approximately US$100 million worth of financial support would be put up for future plant and equipment investments and R&D.
Nakatani-san shared that Sanyo’s strategy for digital camera products was to shift from low-end digital cameras to high-value added ‘Dual Cameras’, thus explaining the branding behind the new Xacti Dual Camera line-up.
The six new camcorders fall into one of three categories with two models per category: Full HD, Compact HD and Waterproof HD.
Check out our Showcase Gallery after the jump:
- The VPC-WH1 is one of Sanyo's two Waterproof HD models shown at the launch.
- The VPC-WH1 is available in yellow, white and blue. This model is holding the white version.
- That's the second Waterproof HD model in her hands - the gun-grip form factored Sanyo Xacti VPC-CA9.
- The Sanyo Xacti VPC-FH1 measures 53.3 x 57.3 x 105mm and weighs 342g. It is available in black or gold.
- Models with two of Sanyo's new Xacti camcorders - the WH1 and the CG10.
- The Sanyo VPC-CG10 is part of the compact HD series and is available in black, pink and white.
- Sanyo executives striking a pose with several models with Sanyo's latest Xacti range of camcorders.
- The Sanyo VPC-FH1 is part of Sanyo's Full HD Dual Camera line-up, touting a horizontal hand-held form factor, 1080p video recording (60fps/24Mbps), 8-megapixel photos, high-speed video (240fps/600fps), 10x optical zoom and a 3-inch LCD monitor.
- Available in gold or black, the gun-grip Xacti VPC-HD2000 succeeds the VPC-HD1010 with 1080p recording, up to 60fps/24Mbps, 8-megapixel photos, high-speed video recording (240fps/600fps), 10x optical zoom and a 2.7-inch LCD monitor.
- The Xacti VPC-TH1 is able to last 3 hours 20 minutes on continuous shooting. It supports 720p recording at 30fps/9Mbps, 2-megapixel photography and a 30x optical zoom. Sanyo claims this is because of its Eneloop technology at work.
- The VPC-CG10 is Sanyo's second Compact HD model which shoots 720p videos at 30fps/9Mbps, 10-megapixel photography and supports a 5x optical zoom.
- Hey it's Sanyo's yellow submarine! The VPC-WH1 is one of two Waterproof HD models that could go down to a depth of 3 meters underwater, shoots 720p at 30fps/9Mbps, 2-megapixel photos and has a 30x optical zoom. It boasts a battery life of 3 hours and 20 minutes.
- The VPC-CA9 is the second Waterproof HD model that goes to a depth of 1.5 meters, shoots 720p at 30fps/9Mbps, supports 9-megapixel photography with a 5x optical zoom. It is available in colors of black, green or red.
