IBOOD Sony Full HD Camcorder with 80GB HD €363 (incl. delivery)

Klingon Hamlet · 22-02-2010 11:18pm #1

Qwerty? · 23-02-2010 7:57am

Looks good value. Heres some reviews for a similar model on amazon

slave1 · 23-02-2010 8:34am

That's a great offer (without shopping around) as I have the model 1/2 up from this and it cost a lot more

beanhead · 23-02-2010 3:42pm

cheapest i can find on ebay is £380 inc del. bought one. has nice samples on youtube

Splinter · 15-03-2010 12:46pm

its back in stock on ibood. just ordered one

Basq · 15-03-2010 1:02pm

Would be interested to know how much video 80GB will record when set to full 1080P?

PS - iBOOD shipped my "Mystery Box" today!

Soarer · 15-03-2010 2:40pm

I guess it depends on how much AVCHD compresses things (I assume it's AVCHD being used.

But for uncompressed...

1920x1080 resolution = 2,073,600 pixels

2,073,600 pixels @ 24bpp = 49,766,400 bits (49Mbits)

49,766,400 bits / 8Mbits (8Mbits per Megabyte) = 6,220,800 bytes (6.2Mbytes)

So, 6.2Mbytes per frame.

6,220,800 bytes x 30 fps = 186,624,000 bytes/sec (187Mbytes/sec)
6,220,800 bytes x 60 fps = 373,248,000 bytes/sec (373Mbytes/sec)

Wudyaquit · 15-03-2010 3:12pm

Soarer wrote: »

I guess it depends on how much AVCHD compresses things (I assume it's AVCHD being used.

But for uncompressed...

1920x1080 resolution = 2,073,600 pixels

2,073,600 pixels @ 24bpp = 49,766,400 bits (49Mbits)

49,766,400 bits / 8Mbits (8Mbits per Megabyte) = 6,220,800 bytes (6.2Mbytes)

So, 6.2Mbytes per frame.

6,220,800 bytes x 30 fps = 186,624,000 bytes/sec (187Mbytes/sec)
6,220,800 bytes x 60 fps = 373,248,000 bytes/sec (373Mbytes/sec)

Does this mean a Gigabyte's gone in 3 seconds at 60fps?
Would only get 4 minutes before the drive is full or am I missing summat?

Soarer · 15-03-2010 3:34pm

Technically, yeah. But that's uncompressed. I think the maximum mbit/s that AVCHD uses is around 25mbit/s.

Did a bit of googling while writing this replay and according to the last paragraph here, is says it does 1920x1080i @ 16mbit/sec. It also mentions at the top of the page that there's up to 9 hours full hd recording.

Dont be at yourself · 15-03-2010 3:37pm

Looks like a really nice deal - think I'll order this one this evening!

slave1 · 15-03-2010 5:55pm

this is pretty much the same as mine, it's 1080i max, great piece of kit

cosgrove80 · 15-03-2010 6:13pm

How is it for low light recording?

I'd be using it for recording gigs (legally) so it'd be used in dimly lit rooms.

Can't find any mention of it in reviews so far.

Jimmyboss · 15-03-2010 7:42pm

They've stopped sending me daily emails.....has this happened to anyone else?

Splinter · 16-03-2010 9:33am

they actually only started sending me daily emails last night. first one I've ever recieved was for todays bargin

baronflyguy · 16-03-2010 10:54am

Splinter wrote: »

they actually only started sending me daily emails last night. first one I've ever recieved was for todays bargin

well I opted out of getting daily emails a long time ago BUT last night I started getting them again!!!!!

IBOOD Sony Full HD Camcorder with 80GB HD €363 (incl. delivery)

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