Canon's Vixia HG21 is a high-definition camcorder from the company's Vixia series. It features a 120 GB hard drive (capable up recording up to forty-five hours of HD quality video), a 12x optical zoom and a 3.3-megapixel full HD CMOS sensor (1920x1080) along with the DIGIC DVII image processor. The Vixia HG21 records at...
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Released in 2008 the Panasonic SDR-S10P1 is a water resistant, shock resistant standard definition camcorder. Sharing a body style with the waterproof SDR-SW20, the SDR-S10P1 takes a more reserved approach in terms of colour. Shooting at 640x480 and recording in MPEG-2 format directly to SD cards, it is quite a basic camcorder. Its size,...
Released in January 2007 at CES the Hitachi DZHS300A is a standard definition hybrid DVD/HD camcorder. The less expensive brother of the DZHS500A, the DZHS300A shoots at 640x480 and records directly onto a DVD or the unit's internal 8GB hard drive allowing for 6 hours of recording time at standard settings. Still images are...
The HDR-UX10 is a camcorder from Sony that can record to DVD format. It features a 2.3 megapixel CMOS sensor that captures 1920x1080 quality video and is equipped with a 4 megapixel still photo sensor, and has BIONZ and Exor technology for optimal image processing. The camera records to DVD media but can also record...
The Everio GZ-HD40 from JVC is a full-HD 1920x1080 camcorder. It has a 1/3" 2.6 megapixel CMOS sensor capable of recording in 1080p at 60fps for smooth playback. The camera records to a 120GB internal hard-drive, with recording quality ranging from 17mpbs to 5mbps, and has a slot for micro-SD/SDHC cards. The camera can...
The Sony HDR-CX12 is a high definition camcorder that records video in full-HD 1920x1080 resolution. It features a 5 megapixel CMOS sensor for video capture and a 10.2 megapixel still photo sensor, with BIONZ Image Processor to automatically optimize best-looking results. The camera has face-detection software which automatically can detect faces and auto-caliberate focus,...
The Canon Vixia HG20 is the lower-end model of the company's Vixia Series HD camcorders. It features a 60GB hard drive (which can hold up to twenty-two hours of HD video), 12x optical zoom along with a 3.3-megapixel full HD CMOS sensor (1920x1080) and a DIGIC DVII image processor. The Vixia HG20 records at...
Released in 2008 the Panasonic SDR-SW20 is a waterproof, shock resistant standard definition camcorder. Shooting at 640x480 the SDR-SW20 records in MPEG-2 format to SDHC cards. While its size, retro looks and price make it attractive, it's poor video quality and the fact that it is only waterproof to 1.5M make it a hard...
Released in August 2007 the Hitachi DZBD70A is the first ever high definition Blu-ray disc camcorder. Shooting at full 1080p the DZBD70A outputs AVC/H.264 codec, a variant of MPEG-4, directly onto a blu-ray disc. For still photographs the DZBD70A is rather poor, only outputting images to an SD/SDHC card in 2400x1800 resolution. Its more...
The Sony DCR-SR45 is a camcorder with an intenal hard-drive of 30GB, with a slot for optional Memory Stick Duo Pro stoage. The camera features a 1/8" HAD (Hole Acccumlating Diode) CCD sensor, with zoom lens manufactured by Zeiss and capable of providing 25x optical magnification, with an additional 200x avilable via digital zoom....
The HDR-TG1 is a compact high definition camera from Sony with a lightweight titanium body. It records in full 1920x1080 HD resolution with a 2.3 megapixel CMOS sensor, and has a 4 megapixel still photo sensor. The camera has face-detection software which automatically caliberates focus, exposure and color for up to 8 faces in...
The JVC Everio GZ-HD5 is a high definition camcorder capable of capturing video in full-HD 1920x1080 resolution and has a 60GB internal hard-drive. It features a 1/5" 3 CCD chipset that records in progressive scan. The lens is manufactured by Fujinon and is capable of 10x optical zoom, and 200x digital zoom, with image...
The DCR-SR220 is a standard-definition camcorder from Sony that features a 2.3 megapixel CMOS sensor, also capable of 4 megapixel still shots. It has BIONZ and Exmor image processing technology, and is capable of recording to either the 60GB internal hard-drive or to Memory Stick Pro Duo. The camera has face-detection software to automatically...
The Canon Vixia HG10 is a high definition digital camcorder. It captures images using a 2.9 megapixel 1/2.7" CMOS sensor, in full 1080 HD, and filters colors in RGB. It is capable of 24p recording for cinema-like motion. Video is recorded onto the camera's 40GB internal hard-drive, which can store up to 15 hours of...
The below section of the report appears to be written as a first-person review. Please rewrite in original words from a neutral point of view, and if you're the writer, please move this to the comments section. Firstly, this product is definitely not perfect, but it is well on the way to getting...
The Sanyo XACTI DMX-HD800 is an updated model of the XACTI DMX-HD line of high-definition digital camcorders. It features a 2.7-inch LCD display, 5x optical zoom, three-dimension digital noise reduction filter (3DDNR) as well as Sanyo's Face Chaser technology (which detects up to twelve faces within an image). The DMX-HD800 captures HD images for...
Sony is renowned for its highly advanced technology products fitting any kind of lifestyle. Sony Handycam DCR TRV60 is a MiniDV Camcorder offering professional performance and of course an effective replacement for DCR-TRV50. Features Like other releases of Sony, DCR TRV60 comes with unique features that are the important additions to this product. The...
The Toshiba Camileo H10 HD is the company's budget-priced high-definition camcorder answer from within the Camileo series. It features 720p recording, 5x optical zoom and a 10-megapixel sensor as well as 64MB of internal memory. The Camileo H10 HD is also equipped with an SDHC memory card slot for storage expansion and features Toshiba's...
JVC's HDD based Everio line has always been promising, but everyone is pining for more room for video, especially in a camera with no way to swap in more media when you're running out of space. JVC is giving up the good stuff with its 30GB MG77 camera. The top of the line MG77...
The Hitachi DZ-BD10HA is a HD digital camcorder from Hitachi's line of high-end recording products. It features a 30GB built-in HD as well as compatibility with external storage devices including SDHC memory cards or mini Blu-ray discs (with the option of a one-touch ability to burn media from cards to Blu-ray discs without a...
The GZ-HD3 is a high definition hard disk based camcorder that is a smaller and lower-end version of JVC's GZ-HD7. Similar to its big brother the HD3 features three CCD sensors, one for blue, green and red, that gives greater picture quality than if only one CCD were used. A 60GB hard drive is...
The Canon iVIS HF11 is a full 1080 HD camcorder, noteable for recording in the AVCHD standard. The camera features a 3.31 megapixel CMOS sensor, recording in 1920x1080 resolution to an internal hard-drive of 32GB; SD and SDHC memory cards are also supported. The files are encoded in the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 High Profile format....
Perhaps this first affordable HD camcorder to hit the market. Sanyo has delivered the VPC-HD1 for a reasonable US$800 in a very small package. It measures in at a diminutive 3.1" x 4.7" x 1.4". HD content is recorded to a secure digital (SD) memory card, with a 2GB card being able to hold...
HD on an HDD. In non-acronym terms that's high-definition on a hard drive disk is what the JVC Everio GZ-HD7. This Everio by JVC contains a 60GB hard drive for storing recorded video eliminating the need for removable tapes. At the camcorder's highest quality setting of 1920x1080i recording, the hard drive can capture up...
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