Sony’s Qualia line of high-end gadgets expanded today with the addition of the Qualia 002, a new camcorder. The Q002 is a 10.70 Megapixel 3CCD digital video camera with 12x optical zoom, supporting the HDV 1080i specification. Works with HD DVC tape cassettes, which can record at 1080i for about an hour. Price is expected to be about $5,300USD . Sony Qualia 002 product announcement. HDV Standard website. With this announcement, Sony has thus far unveiled ten of the seventeen members of the Qualia product line :

• Qualia 001 - Video Processing Unit. About $5,000.
• Qualia 002 - Camcorder noted above. $5,300.
• Qualia 004 - SXRD Projector. About $30,000.
• Qualia 005 - 46-inch LCD TV with LED backlight. About $10,000.
• Qualia 006 - 70-inch rear-projection TV. About $10,000.
• Qualia 007 - SACD player. $12,500.
• Qualia 010 - Stereo Headphones. $2,400.
• Qualia 015 - 36-inch color monitor. $11,000
• Qualia 016 - 2.11 Megapixel ultra-compact camera. $3,200
• Qualia 017 - MiniDisc player. $2,600 including gold-plating.

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