Bye Bye HV30

[Bobby]

Canon has announced the HV40. See here and probably many other sites.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/156428/a ... =nl_dnxnws

[Steve Grisetti]

Hopefully, it will interface with Premiere Elements more like the HV30 and less like the HV20.

[Chuck Engels]

I think you have that backwards Steve, the HV20 was great, the HV30 had problems.

[Paul LS]

According to the reviews there is no real difference between the HV40 and the older HV30 and HV20. It uses the same CMOS sensor as the other two, just the introduction of a proper 24p mode. It shows how good the model is as they have made so few changes/additions.

[Ken Jarstad]

Now they are going to call it a Legria. Brother - do I despise marketing departments!

A few improvements - to bump the price back up for another marketing cycle.

[Bobby]

Legria - sounds like a voodoo spirit.

Yup, that's the product cycle for you. But at least I don't feel that my HV-30 has been left behind - still a great unit.

[Steve Grisetti]

How do they come up with these names? Phonetically? Do they just test market a bunch of syllables and see what people react to?

It's like calling a car the Chevy Citation. Isn't a Citation is a speeding ticket?

[Bob]

Yep, a citation is an official summons, i.e. a notice to appear. The other primary meanings are 1) a quoting of or reference to an authoritative source for substantiation and 2) a listing of facts such as in an official commendation for accomplishment or meritorious action.

None of those would seem apply to the Chevy. I think maybe they were refering to the 1948 Triple Crown winner. Or, maybe they were anticipating being sued for unsafe handling and braking, or the many recalls to come.

[Bobby]

And don't forget the ill-fated Chevy Nova - No Va - No Go in Spanish.

[Steve Grisetti]

There was also a car a few years ago called the Probe -- a name I used to think about every time I had my annual physical.

And Toyota had the Previa, a word most often associated with a medical condition in which the placenta blocks the birth canal.

[George Tyndall]

How do they come up with these names?

Steve, according to one source, the word "allegria" is derived from the Spanish greeting, "happiness to all."

Given the astronomical sales of the HV20 and HV30 (not to mention the SD1100 still camera plus a number of other products), Canon's people seem to have come to the conclusion that their company's products are providing precisely what the Spanish greeting suggests.

[Steve Grisetti]

That actually does make sense, George! At least it's not a completely random set of sounds.