Fatshark doms Hd

[mark1975]

get your wallets ready folks there coming


DominatorHD release date set for Sept 2013



Schedule has been updated due longer than expected lens prototypes. Now I'm looking at the following:
 Glass lens production (time for 1st delivery): 2.5 months
 Lens holder prototype: 1 week
 New Dominator tooling: 8 weeks (include lens holder prototyping).
 PCB production is short so not affect schedule.
 Not much change to Dominator shape or existing module boards.
 
So I'll have all the materials for production in about 2.5 months. 2 weeks for pilot build. Looking at a 3 month release which puts it at an Early September release.
 All the designs are firm now so this date won't change.
 
There will not be an HDMI input for this version. Too many variables with prototyping a VGA/analog driver board which could throw off the release date

[bigMouse]

any idea of price?

[mark1975]

About $500 atm

[Hoversight]

This has been a moving target for quite a while now.

I've no intention of rushing to buy a pair as my std doms still have plenty of use in them.

[Skipper Billy]

About $500 atm

So that will be £500 UKP when we get them :-(

[Dusty]

I'm sorry, but thats a daft amount of money.... but if you've earned it... I guess you can spend it on whatever you like

[MrBen]

About $500 atm

So that will be £500 UKP when we get them :-(

firstpersonview has them for preorder @ £462 so you werent too far off

[Tecnic]

Hmmmm
No headtracking as standard, no IPD adjustment, no diversity

Maybe they'll come into their own when there are HD downlinks widely available with good range

[Dusty]

they're not even HD

800x600 (SVGA)

[mark1975]

no no mention they are chris the hd isnt actually meaning they are hd ive been readin the doms thread since it started as they have hdmi input when dji release they lightbridge they will be tested before release

[mark1975]

glass optics and fov of 45 if you have actually seen through doms and put that in a bigger screen  will look brilliant

[mark1975]

Ok so the new Dominator HD’s are not going to offer the ability to display full-resolution 720p or 1080p HD footage but the step up from VGA (640×480) to SVGA (800×600) is a relatively big step and it WILL be very noticeable! In simple terms you’ll be seeing over 170 thousand extra pixels (A 36% increase in detail) which combined with the wider field-of-view equates to a far more immersive experience.

Interestingly enough HD video is considered to be anything with more than 480 horizontal lines (in the US) or more than 576 horizontal lines (in Europe) so “technically” the new goggles are even displaying video that could be classed as “HD”.

[Dusty]

no mention they are chris

apart from the name that is lol...

nah, i have every belief that these are going to be brilliant goggles.

HD video is considered to be anything with more than 480 horizontal lines (in the US) or more than 576 horizontal lines (in Europe) so “technically” the new goggles are even displaying video that could be classed as “HD”.

quoted from wikipedia, but then it contradicts itself further down saying its defined as

High-definition television (HDTV) resolution is 1,080 or 720 lines

I think it's safe to say in the year 2014 that HD is 720p at the bare minimum.... but hey... not that it actually matters, you're 100% right when you say they will be much more detailed and immersive than anything currently on the market.... shame that the video transmissions are still only SD, regardless of how many TVL the camera is.


hmmm, thinking about it... I guess FatShark could get away with the name if they say the HD stands for Higher Definition lol

[mark1975]

I prefer the developers quotes to wiki pidia  lol

[MrBen]

its called 'spin' or as my dad used to say drivel