In September 2004 Sony announced the unveiling of its high definition camcorder, which greatly accelerated the growth of this particular segment of the electronic home entertainment market.
This new high definition camcorder was called the HDR-FX1 which used 1080 lines horizontal resolution with a frame rate of 60 interlaced frames per second and recorded to standard MiniDV tapes. The high definition camcorder specifications were in agreement with other manufacturers such as JVC, Canon and Sharp. In addition, the high definition camcorder has supporting software for video editing from such heavyweights like Apple and Adobe.
For more information on the high definition camcorder models visit the High Definition Camcorder Guide.