Archos Announces AVCam 300
Archos, Inc., a global provider of innovative handheld entertainment and storage solutions, introduced today the AVCam 300, the world’s first camera and camcorder attachment for a portable audio and video player. The AVCam brings together for the first time a 3.3-megapixel camera, MPEG-4 camcorder and player, MP3 recorder and player and massive hard disk. The AV300 series and AVCam are available today at Website: archos.com.
The world’s first combined 3.3 Megapixel camera, MPEG4 camcorder, MP3 recorder and USB 2.0 hard disk is here. All integrated seamlessly with the VIDEO AV320 or 340 from ARCHOS.
The compact AVCam 300 is full of innovations that have been designed especially for use with the VIDEO AV300 series. A simple press-fit attaches the AVCam 300 onto your VIDEO AV320 or 340 allowing you to enjoy it’s many fantastic features:
- Unique combination of MPEG4 camcorder and digital still camera: within seconds you can switch the functionality of the AVCam 300 from camcorder to still camera.
- 3.3 Megapixel (effective) CCD, matched optical system and advanced imaging technology for high resolution crystal clear pictures and video.
- 10x digital and 3x optical zoom Ricoh lens
- Massive storage: 40,000 3.3-Megapixel photos*
- Camcorder to record up to 80 hours of MPEG4 video, QVGA (320x240) 20 f/s NTSC, 25 f/s PAL, with MP3 stereo sound.
- Stereo audio recording and real-time encoding directly into MP3.
- View your videos and photos instantly on the large 3,8” built-in color LCD or on larger screen size by connecting your VIDEO AV300 series to any TV or monitor.
- Several program modes for automatic control of exposure, white balance and color saturation
- Ultra-fast USB 2.0 transfer of videos and photos to and from your computer. The VIDEO AV300 series contains a hard disk, that will be mounted as an additional hard disk when connected to a computer. This allows easy file management.