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13JVC KENWOOD Holdings, Inc.
In the camcorder (video camera) business of the digital imaging business, sales continued
to be weak, especially in Europe, and the entire market suffered from excessive inventory.
Under such circumstances, the Group focused on 2008 product sales while adjusting
production, which resulted in reducing inventory substantially by the end of the fiscal
year ended March 2009.
For the fiscal year ending March 2010, we are introducing into the world market on
a full-scale basis new hi-vision models, which are selling well in the domestic market,
and launching new products based on new concepts, with light, compact bodies and
the ability to record high-definition videos and stills. By doing this, we are further
strengthening our high-vision model lineup to meet users’ diverse needs and increas-
ing our products’ added value.
To further improve profitability in this business, the Group is strengthening its prod-
ucts, coming up with new proposals for the market, and implementing efficient develop-
ment and production systems by making maximum use of its various assets, including
optical and signal processing technologies, design and production-related techniques,
and brand power in a wide range of video camera-related businesses, such as profes-
sional video cameras, security cameras and household video cameras.
With regard to the projector business, we are marketing D-ILA projectors, which
use proprietarily-developed high-performance, reflective LCD devices and which can
make high brightness consistent with high definition, mainly in the home theater
market. Going forward, we are expanding our business in the home theater market by
offering projectors featuring enhanced high-quality images and increasing our projector
lineup, as well as accelerating the development of new markets by boosting the sales
of 4K2K projectors with an ultra-high resolution greater than four times that of full high
vision for various professional projector markets.
Digital Imaging
Two-in-one camera that can take 1920 x
1080 full high definition movies and
9-megapixel still images HD Flash Memory
Camera “Everio X”
Ultra-compact unit with long recording time
New HD Hard Drive Camera “Everio”
50,000:1 native contrast ratio for deep, true
black level HD DILA Consumer Front Projector
Digital Imaging
Major Products
n Video Cameras
n Projectors
Brand
(Japan only)