Digital Video

Good news for those who like racing through audiobooks. A study has found learning is not negatively effected when students watch recorded lectures a faster playback speeds. However, comprehension did suffer when playback reached 2.5 times normal speed.

Nikon cameras have had excellent sensors in them for many years, principally because Sony's been making them. But this new sensor could be a game-changer, with super-slow motion, huge dynamic range, and exposure live-adjusted throughout the image.

Blackmagic Design has sent the filmmaking world into fits of nervous laughter with a new digital film camera capable of shooting 12K RAW at 60 frames per second. Yes, each frame will be an 80-megapixel raw photo with 14 stops of dynamic range.

​How did one of the most anticipated television events of the year turn into an incoherent anti-climax for viewers? What went wrong with the latest Game of Thrones episode? Did the creators of the show make a grave technical error or is this an illustration of the limits to streaming technology?

Panasonic's GH-series cameras have always been terrific portable video machines, but the new GH5 takes things to a whole new level. 4K/60fps recording, 10-bit 4:2:2 colour, 180fps slow-mo at 1080p and a burst mode that takes up to 60 shots per second make this the new king of micro 4/3rds video.

The FPS1000 is a small, hand-held camera designed to capture slow motion video at up to 18,500 frames per second for the price of a decent compact camera instead of your typical US$100,000 slow-mo rig.

TiVo has announced the Mega, a digital video recorder (DVR) that packs a whopping 24 TB capacity. This means it can store over 26,000 hours of SD TV, which translates to around three years of non-stop viewing.

A newly-developed codec could make pixels obsolete within five years, according to its creators.

The new F5 and F55 4K capable cameras are Sony's attempt to replace both the RED and Alexa.

Highlight Hunter 2.0 features a cleaner user interface, Facebook sharing, a more accurate scanning engine, and is now free.

Two new CameraChip sensors from OmniVision allow for burst photography and Quad Full High Definition video in smartphones, digital cameras and video cameras.

Canon has revealed the details of its new EOS 1D C digital SLR which is capable of recording video at 4096 x 2160 pixel (4K) resolution.