The camera wars heated up at IBC this year with Grass Valley launching its new Infinity camcorder, a low-end HD camera aimed at taking on Sony's HDV market. Sony completed its line-up of HD formats with the launch of the HD version of its tapeless XDCAM, positioned between its HDV and HDCAM cameras. It will be available from April next year. Panasonic has also launched its new HD camcorder, the AG-HVX200, billed as the world's first 1080i/720p/576i P2 multi-format camcorder offering HD and SD production capability.
The camera wars heated up at IBC this year with Grass Valley launching its new Infinity camcorder, a low-end HD camera aimed at taking on Sony's HDV market. Sony completed its line-up of HD formats with the launch of the HD version of its tapeless XDCAM, positioned between its HDV and HDCAM cameras. It will be available from April next year. Panasonic has also launched its new HD camcorder, the AG-HVX200, billed as the world's first 1080i/720p/576i P2 multi-format camcorder offering HD and SD production capability.

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