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Samsung SC-MX20 Is YouTube, PMP Friendly With H.264 Shooting
Posted by Jason Chen at 4:45 AM on July 10, 2008
Samsung's SC-MX20 follows up the MX10 with some fairly useful features such as h.264 video mode for better YouTube, iPod, iPhone and PMP compatibility, as well as a max 720x480 resolution for DVD-quality video. It stores up to 16 hours on one 32GB SDHC card, has three hours of battery life (best-in-class they claim?), 34x optical zoom, image stabilisation and "3D noise reduction." Out in August for US$280 in black, red and white. Not too bad a price if you're looking to go a little higher than the entry-level Flip cams. Not having to re-encode everything you shoot is real nice too. [Samsung via Electronista]
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
Banker
Posted July 11, 2008 3:29 AM
It looks like MX10.
Is it only the difference is H.264 video format?
It's just upgraded and as easy as MX10's interface.
Sam Y
Posted July 11, 2008 4:38 AM
um.. MX20 is also a step grade of digital cam.
Anyway, it's small size and nice grip.
It'll be good cam for making video clip easily at home.
ninjagin
Posted 5:08 AM 10/7/08
Interesting. Is a review forthcoming?
ninjagin
aseriesoftubes
Posted 5:04 AM 10/7/08
Pretty cool. Isn't real-time h.264 encoding like super processor-intensive though?
aseriesoftubes
MasterJoefus
Posted 4:58 AM 10/7/08
... Cannot wait.
MasterJoefus
GiltProto
Posted 5:39 AM 10/7/08
That might be nice for general purpose video work like doing Survivor application videos. The 34x optical magnification also seems nice. You'll be able to see the hair on a gnat's ass with that. I'll take a red one, thank you.
GiltProto
theshortguy
Posted 5:28 AM 10/7/08
theshortguy
IVPPITER
Posted 5:20 AM 10/7/08
@aseriesoftubes: If the battery life really is 3 hours it is either a HUGE battery or their encoding dosen't need that much power...
IVPPITER
MichaelScrip
Posted 5:51 AM 10/7/08
@theshortguy:
DVD quality is still twice the quality of most things on Youtube.
MichaelScrip
GeekyNerdGuy
Posted 7:15 AM 10/7/08
@theshortguy: You can get a Canon HF100 with 1920x1080 for around $650.
GeekyNerdGuy
MarkB
Posted 8:14 AM 10/7/08
I have Samsung SC-HMX10c and it keeps telling me to format my 16 gb SDHC card. So I format it with the camera as instructed then it lets me record a small video, but I cannot record another clip nor can I restart camera without the format notice. Neither Samsung nor Patriot are able to help me. The card works on my pc and the camera supports up to 32 gb SDHC. What gives?
MarkB