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| Product | Kodak Playsport (black) | Samsung HMX-W300 (red) | Sony Bloggie Live HD Camera (Silver) | Panasonic HM-TA20 (orange) |
| Price | $108.99 to $114.99 | $129.00 to $281.65 | $199.99 to $249.00 | See a price from Amazon.com |
| CNET editors' rating | 4 stars | 3.5 stars | 3.5 stars | 3.5 stars |
| Average user rating | 3.5 stars | 0.5 stars | 3.5 stars | 0 stars |
| Release date | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | January 9, 2012 | June 15, 2011 |
| Bottom line | The Kodak Playsport is an excellent minicamcorder that can take some rough treatment and capture solid HD video. | 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. | The Sony Bloggie Live HD lets you wirelessly live stream all your life events with the ease of a shoot-and-share camcorder. But, not without a few caveats. | As rugged minicamcorders go, the Panasonic HM-TA20 is very good
and definitely deserves consideration. |
| Video input type | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder |
| Image stabilizer | Electronic | Electronic | Electronic (Steady Shot) | Electronic |
| Lens aperture | F/2.8 | F/2.2 | F/2.8 | F/2.8 |
| Manual focus | Focus free | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Media type | Flash card | Flash card | Internal flash memory | Flash card |
| Digital zoom | Info unavailable | 3 x | 4 x | 4 x |
| Optical sensor type | Info unavailable | BSI-CMOS | Exmor CMOS | MOS |
| Weight | Info unavailable | 4.8 oz | 4.8 oz | 5.5 oz |
| Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications |
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