At the recent PMA 2007 show, Texas Instruments were telling attendees that they've developed technology that will allow digital camera manufacturers to bring the type of burst capture performance, among other higher end features, normally found in DSLR cameras to low-cost, point-and-shoot digital cameras.
There are plenty of general photography implications here, but what stands out from an HD point-of-view is that they reckon cameras as cheap as $99 (about 50 quid) will be able to shoot in high definition, when utilising their technology.
Whilst the quality isn't likely to be that of a high-end camcorder, that's pretty exciting for bringing HD to the masses (even if the rest of the equipment you need to work with and display your footage is still pretty expensive.)
The latest version of TI's DaVinci processor, though optimised for the digital camera market, may well be useful for other products such as camcorders and digital video recorders.
TI worked in collaboration with Micron Technology, who we recently reported have developed 5 and 8 megapixel CMOS image sensors. Cameras using this technology can shoot 720p footage at 30fps.
(Via Picture Business and Digital Animators)
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