3 CMOS Digital Camcorders

The Bottom Line: A very good prosumer HD camcorder, the Panasonic HDC-HS300 still isn't as good a deal as the similarly featured but flash-based TM300 and has the same annoying touch-screen interface.

Specs: Camcorder, 3CMOS, 12 x, Flash card, Hard disk drive, 16.2 oz

The Bottom Line: A very good prosumer HD camcorder, the Panasonic HDC-HS250 is the best deal of its product line, but has the same annoying touch-screen interface.

Specs: Camcorder, 3MOS, 12 x, Flash card, Hard disk drive, 14.9 oz

The Bottom Line: Though it has a nice feature set for the price, the Panasonic HDC-SD100 doesn't deliver the quality of video you expect from an HD camcorder in its price segment.

Specs: Camcorder, 3MOS, 12 x, Flash card, 11.3 oz

The Bottom Line: Though it has a nice feature set for the price, the Panasonic HDC-HS100 doesn't deliver the quality of video you expect from an HD camcorder in its price segment.

Specs: Camcorder, 3MOS, 12 x, Flash card, Hard disk drive, 5.2 megapixels, 14.8 oz

The Bottom Line: The Sony Handycam HDR-FX7 is an excellent high-definition camcorder from a video perspective, but it's less satisfying if you're an audio control freak.

Specs: Camcorder, 3 ClearVid CMOS, 20 x, Mini DV (HDV), 1.04 megapixels

The Bottom Line: Attractive and compact, the Sony Handycam DCR-PC1000 MiniDV camera offers excellent image quality for its class and brings CMOS technology to the world of camcorders. But its overly clever user interface doesn't do its feature set justice.

Specs: Camcorder, 3CMOS, 10 x, Mini DV, 0.9 lbs

Specs: Camcorder, 3CMOS, 12 x, Flash card, 2.2 lbs

Specs: Camcorder, 3 ClearVid CMOS, 20 x, Mini DV (HDV), 1.04 megapixels, 3.3 lbs

Specs: Camcorder, 3 ClearVid CMOS, 12 x, Mini DV (HDV), 5.3 lbs

Specs: Camcorder, 3 ClearVid CMOS, 20 x, Mini DV (HDV), 4.6 lbs