[JamesH]

Originally Posted by JamesH

I have on my desk here a prototype mobile phone that can record HDTV at 720p on to SD card. Quality is really good from a standard phone 5MP camera sensor (well, standard in a years time)

Given the parts for the encoder (BCM2727) on this phone will be about $15 in volume (With 2/3d acceleration [better than PS2], graphic overlays, 720P record, 720p HDMI out, camera ISP to 12MP), we could possibly see a crop of cheap HDTV solid state recorders in about a year or so's time that would blow current systems away. Or just strap your new mobile to the roll cage.

I could easily mod this board to do the recording above, with a bit more effort get the data overlays as well. Sadly, the dev board I'm using costs over £1000, so not worth it at the moment!

James

Forgot to say the board also has built in GPS, Bluetooth, Wifi, GSM etc......which is pretty much everything you need for video + simple positional data logging (like the PerformanceBox or similar). Costs bit more for all those bits, but should have them for pretty cheap in next years mobile phones. It's just a matter of having the right software in the phone and you have a video datalogger.