Transcend's new video cards come to India

NEW DELHI, INDIA:Transcend Information, Inc., a provider in memory products, has announced that its newest memory card series –SDHC HD video cards, designed specifically for recording, storing, and playing back high definition video content are now available in India.

With weight of 2gm, Transcend's SDHC HD video cards are fully Class 6 compliant, with guaranteed minimum write speed of 6MB/s) to assure quick reaction time when used in digital cameras and camcorders, said a press release.

Austin Huang, regional head, Sales, SAARC and APAC, Transcend, said, “Today's latest camcorders record digital video at extremely high resolutions without compromising image quality. However, the improved clarity of HD video requires a significantly greater amount of storage space when recording.”

When recording in high quality 1920x1080 AVCHD format at 13Mbps compression rate, a 16GB Transcend SDHC HD Video Card can store 2 hours and 40 minutes of video content, said the release. If slightly lower quality settings are used, the same 16GB card can record up to six full hours of high definition video.