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| Product | Kodak Playsport (black) | Sony Handycam HDR-CX130 (Black) | Canon Vixia HF G10 (Black) | Samsung HMX-W300 (red) | Canon Vixia HV30 |
| Price | $114.79 to $114.99 | $244.00 to $541.42 | $1,079.00 | $99.00 to $281.65 | $899.99 |
| CNET editors' rating | 4 stars | 3 stars | 4 stars | 3.5 stars | 4 stars |
| Average user rating | 3.5 stars | 4 stars | 5 stars | 2.5 stars | 4 stars |
| Release date | Info unavailable | March 15, 2011 | March 15, 2011 | Info unavailable | March 1, 2008 |
| Bottom line | The Kodak Playsport is an excellent minicamcorder that can take some rough treatment and capture solid HD video. | Typical for their price class, the no-frills Sony Handycam HDR-CX130, CX160, and XR160 produce generally subpar HD video, but if you're not picky you'll probably be fine. The CX130 is the best buy of the three, as long as you go cheap on the memory card. | While it's got a great shooter feature set and good video quality, the Canon Vixia HF G10 still feels a bit expensive for what it offers. | The Samsung HMX-W300 rugged minicamcorder is a good traveling companion for capturing Web-friendly movie clips and photos of your next hike or beach trip. | An extremely minor upgrade from the HV20, the Canon Vixia HV30 remains a quality HDV camcorder with a couple of performance issues. |
| Video input type | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder |
| Image stabilizer | Electronic | Optical (Steady Shot with Active Mode) | Optical (Dynamic SuperRange) | Electronic | Optical (SuperRange) |
| Lens aperture | F/2.8 | F/1.8-3.4 | F/1.8-2.8 | F/2.2 | F/1.8-3.0 |
| Manual focus | Focus free | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Automatic | Manual Automatic |
| Media type | Flash card | Flash card | Flash card | Flash card | Mini DV (HDV) |
| Digital zoom | Info unavailable | 350 x | 200 x | 3 x | 200 x |
| Optical sensor type | Info unavailable | Exmor R CMOS | HD CMOS Pro | BSI-CMOS | CMOS |
| Weight | Info unavailable | 8.8 oz | 19.2 oz | 4.8 oz | 1.2 lbs |
| Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications |
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