Are looking to catch every frame of your next extreme sports wipeout in all of its grotesque glory? GoPro knows where you’re coming from, and has updated its line of high definition helmet cams that will help you capture every bone-breaking moment. The HD Hero2 competitively boasts that it’s twice as powerful its 2009 predecessor, the original HD Hero . The recent helmet cam promises to capture 1080p 16:9 footage from atop your sweaty noggin at both narrow (90-degree), wide (170-degree) and medium (127-degree) angles, and will snap as much as ten 11 megapixel photos per second. The camera’s mini-HDMI port, composite out, USB, SD card and HERO ports might help you share the spoils of your spills when your adventure ends — at the least until this winter, when GoPro’s WiFi BacPac promises to enable live broadcasting and camera control over WiFi. Better of all? The Hero2 kills the unique HD Hero’s confusing 3-digit code interface in favor of an easy language-based menu.
The HD Hero2 is available in three $300 configurations: outdoor, motorsports, and surf editions, all of which fit with existing accessories. Too rich on your blood? Then you will be happy to understand that the former models have become price drops — $200 for the unique HD Hero and a paltry $150 for its “960″ variant . Hit the break for the official PR and an entire list of features.
Announces Wi-Fi Handheld remote control and Video Streaming
2x More Powerful in Every Way, The HD HERO2 Democratizes Professional Image
Capture and Broadcast with Support for Handheld remote control and Live Video Streaming
from Virtually Anywhere to the Web
HALF MOON BAY, CA (October 24, 2011) – GoPro today announced the discharge of its new HD
HERO2® camera. Twice as powerful as GoPro’s original HD HERO camera, the HD HERO2 enables consumers and professionals to capture and broadcast their lives most enjoyable moments in professional quality 1080p HD video and 11 megapixel photos. The hot HD HERO2 is now available at GoPro.com, specialty retailers around the globe, and at Best Buy for MSRP $299.99.
Arguably the foremost versatile camera on the earth because of its innovative mounting system, renowned durability and small form factor, the HD HERO2 surpasses its predecessor with several technology upgrades. The HD HERO2′s new processor delivers twice the processing power, taking full good thing about a brand new high performance 11 megapixel sensor that delivers greater than twice the picture detail inclusive of professional low light performance. a completely redesigned wide-angle lens was required to take full benefit of the HD HERO2′s increased image processing, leading to a lens thatʼs twice as sharp because the previous model. And with the appearance of GoPro’s new Wi-Fi BacPac™ and Wi-Fi Remote products slated for release this winter, the HD HERO2 will enable video handheld remote control via the Wi-Fi Remote, smartphones and devices, tablets and computers in addition to enabling live GoPro video broadcast from anywhere there’s Wi-Fi or a mobile hotspot.
Famous for its globally best-selling HD HERO line of wearable and kit mountable cameras, GoPro spared no expense developing the HD HERO2.GoPro created a brand new category of camera with the HD HERO back in 2009, and itʼs gone directly to become the best selling video cameras on the earth,” says Nicholas Woodman, GoProʼs founder and CEO. “With these big shoes to fill, we invested massively in engineering the HD HERO2 to be one of the crucial greatest, most versatile cameras of all time. We predict weʼve achieved our goal and weʼre very excited to determine the content our customers world wide capture and share with their powerful new GoPros.”
2x as Powerful in Every Way:
The HD HERO2 benefits from a whole redesign that leads to dramatically enhanced image
quality and straightforwardness-of-use:
List of HD HERO2 Feature Enhancements:
• Professional 11MP Sensor
• 2x Faster Image Processor
• 2X Sharper Glass Lens
• Professional Low Light Performance
• Full 170º, Medium 127º, Narrow 90º FOV in 1080p and 720p Video
• 120 fps WVGA, 60 fps 720p, 48 fps 960p, 30 fps 1080p Video
• Full 170º and Medium 127º FOV Photos
• 10 11MP Photos Per Second Burst
• 1 11MP Photo Every 0.5 Sec Timelapse Mode
• 3.5mm External Stereo Microphone Input
• Simple Language-based User Interface
• Compatible with Wi-Fi BacPac™ and Wi-Fi Remote™
- Long Range Handheld remote control of as much as 50 GoPro Cameras per Wifi Remote
- Wi-Fi Video/Photo Preview, Playback and Control via GoPro App
- Live Streaming Video and Photos to the Web
Visit http://gopro.com/hd-hero2-cameras/ for additional information at the HD HERO2, Wi-Fi
BacPac and Wi-Fi Remote products.
Upgraded Professional Photo Quality and Features
The HD HERO2ʼs photo capture performance has also been significantly upgraded. As well as much improved low light performance, the HD HERO2 can capture as much as ten 11 megapixel photos in a 10 second burst mode in addition to automatic time-lapse photos with quick .5 second timing between photos. This dramatically increases the success-rate when trying to capture magazine cover quality photos during fast action sports and activities.
Simplified User Interface
GoPro also placed a concern on redesigning the HD HERO2ʼs user interface for dead simple ease-of-use. The HD HERO2 incorporates a totally new, straightforward language-based user interface that eliminates the will for instructions.
“The HD HERO2 is way, much easier to apply than the unique HD HERO. Whenever you understand how to exploit a normal camera, you need to use the HD HERO2 straight out of the box without instructions. This makes the HD HERO2 very powerful as an each day, easy to apply consumer camera while retaining all the features, modes and function that has made GoPro the neatest selling small form factor HD camera to Hollywood,” said GoProʼs Director of Product Definition, Rudy Samuels.
Specialized All the way down to the Packaging
The HD HERO2 sells in three bundled-accessory configurations, each containing the necessary
mounts for particular genres of use or activity. The HD HERO2 is backwards compatible with all
existing GoPro mounts and accessories.
HD HERO2: Outdoor Edition – $299.99
HD HERO2: Motorsports Edition – $299.99
HD HERO2: Surf Edition – $299.99
The unique 1080p HD HERO camera is now available for MSRP $199.99 – $239.99 (USD) (pre-
viously $259.99 – $299.99) through GoPro.com and GoProʼs worldwide authorized dealer network. The Wi-Fi BacPac and Wi-Fi Remote also are compatible with the unique HD HERO camera, but functionality is restricted to handheld remote control only. Video and photo streaming isn’t supported.
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