Sony Corporation, the largest image sensor manufacturer in the world, producing over 100 million sensors each year, has once again revolutionized the CCD (Charged Coupled Device) image sensing industry.   Their latest fine-tuning of the 960H, Effio-V™ and Effio-A™ (Enhanced Features and Fine Image Processor) produces incredible enhancements to their already high quality cameras with sensors that produce horizontal resolutions of 670TVL, stretching the image to a 16:9 aspect ratio.  This enhancement makes these two new sensors the highest resolutions possible for analog signal technology with wide dramatic range improvements. While standard definition appeared to be a dying technology, Sony has breathed new life into analog with 960H. Teaming with it’s channel partner, Aegis Electronic Group Inc., 3 new cameras are being released in February 2014. The Sony 960H technology has been around since 2009 and stalled for years until recently with the introduction of their new line of FCB-EX F version cameras.  The FCBEX2200 (NTSC) and FCBEX2200P (PAL) with 18X zoom, FCBEX2400 (NTSC) and FCBEX2400P (PAL) with 28X zoom, and FCBEX2700 (NTSC) and FCBEX2700P (PAL) with 40X zoom are all new block cameras utilizing 670 TVL resolution surpassing the old 540 TVL as seen in the picture below.  960H technology is backwards compatible with older equipment and is able to achieve a reported 700TVL. The older Sony models:  FCBEX480C, FCBEX490D, FCBEX490E, FCBEX980S, FCBEX985E, FCBEX995E, FCBEX1000, FCBEX1010, FCBEX1020 and FCBEX1000P, FCBEX1010P, FCBEX1020P are now easily upgraded to 960H.  The new line up includes upgrades for high quality digital output (Y/Cb/Cr 4:2:2) with no need for an external analog/digital converter, auto mode and IS/PS mode are both utilized and improved performance in low light and defog capabilities are now available on the new color blocks cameras: FCBEX2200, FCBEX2400 and FCBEX2700. untitled1 untitled2 untitled3 Images captured from promotional video http://www.sony.net/Products/SC-HP/effiowld/index.html#r=s as well as product information.