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Product Sony Handycam HDR-CX130 (Black) Sony Handycam HDR-CX190 Canon Vixia HF G10 (Black) Canon Vixia HV30 Panasonic HDC-SD9
Price $244.00 to $541.42 $179.00 to $249.00 $879.00 to $1,598.00 $899.99 Pricing is currently unavailable.
CNET editors' rating 3 stars 3 stars 4 stars 4 stars 3.5 stars
Average user rating 4 stars 2.5 stars 5 stars 4 stars 3.5 stars
Release date March 15, 2011 Info unavailable March 15, 2011 March 1, 2008 January 9, 2008
Bottom line
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.
They're cheap and capture video, but don't buy the Sony Handycam HDR-CX190, CX200 or CX210 thinking that you're getting a great bargain on a real HD camcorder. If you're going to buy one, get the cheapest; nothing on any of these is really worth the extra bucks.
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.
An extremely minor upgrade from the HV20, the Canon Vixia HV30 remains a quality HDV camcorder with a couple of performance issues.
Despite its trio of CCDs, the video quality and performance of the Panasonic HDC-SD9 are a bit too inconsistent.
Video input type

Camcorder

Camcorder

Camcorder

Camcorder

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Digital zoom

350 x

30 x

200 x

200 x

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Optical zoom

30 x

25 x

10 x

10 x

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Optical sensor type

Exmor R CMOS

Exmor R CMOS

HD CMOS Pro

CMOS

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Image stabilizer

Optical (Steady Shot with Active Mode)

Optical (Steady Shot with Active Mode)

Optical (Dynamic SuperRange)

Optical (SuperRange)

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Lens aperture

F/1.8-3.4

F/1.8-3.2

F/1.8-2.8

F/1.8-3.0

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Manual focus

Manual

Automatic

Manual

Automatic

Manual

Automatic

Manual

Automatic

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Media type

Flash card

Memory stick Pro Duo

Flash card

Mini DV (HDV)

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Weight

8.8 oz

5.9 oz

19.2 oz

1.2 lbs

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