This new camcorder from JVC has a pretty insane 34X optical zoom, which should let you see pretty clearly what's happening in your neighbor's window across the street. However, have you ever tried keeping a camera steady when it's zoomed in even to 10X? At 34X unless you're some kind of steel-alloy robot your picture would be shaking so badly you wouldn't be able to tell if you're peeping on that cute girl in the house across the way or a flesh-colored armchair. A tripod is a necessity with something like this to say the least.

Beyond the nutty zoom capabilities of this camera, it's got a 2.7-inch LCD screen and takes MiniDV tapes. It can shoot stills, but at a paltry 0.34-megapixels it's not really worth even calling it a feature. I mean, my two-year-old cellphone can take nicer pictures than that. Come on, JVC. In any case this camera drops in Japan in January for a bit under $450. — Adam Frucci

Akihabara News, via Gizmodo