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| Product | Panasonic HM-TA20 (orange) | Kodak Playsport (black) | Sony Handycam HDR-CX130 (Black) | Kodak PlaySport Zx5 (black) | Kodak Playfull HD Video Camera (blue-black) |
| Price | See a price from Amazon.com | $114.99 to $115.00 | $244.00 to $541.42 | $124.00 | $92.72 |
| CNET editors' rating | 3.5 stars | 4 stars | 3 stars | 3.5 stars | 3.5 stars |
| Average user rating | 0 stars | 3.5 stars | 4 stars | 3 stars | 4.5 stars |
| Release date | June 15, 2011 | Info unavailable | March 15, 2011 | January 3, 2011 | January 3, 2011 |
| Bottom line | As rugged minicamcorders go, the Panasonic HM-TA20 is very good
and definitely deserves consideration. | 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. | The rugged Kodak PlaySport Zx5 is a very good minicamcorder, but falls just shy of improving on last year's model, despite being more durable. | The Kodak Playfull minicamcorder is a pocketful of video fun, but it might be just too "mini" for some. |
| Video input type | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder |
| Digital zoom | 4 x | Info unavailable | 350 x | 4 x | 4 x |
| Optical sensor type | MOS | Info unavailable | Exmor R CMOS | CMOS | CMOS |
| Image stabilizer | Electronic | Electronic | Optical (Steady Shot with Active Mode) | Electronic | Electronic |
| Lens aperture | F/2.8 | F/2.8 | F/1.8-3.4 | F/2.8 | Info unavailable |
| Manual focus | Automatic | Focus free | Manual Automatic | Automatic | Focus free |
| Media type | Flash card | Flash card | Flash card | Flash card | Flash card |
| Weight | 5.5 oz | Info unavailable | 8.8 oz | 4.4 oz | 3.4 oz |
| Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications |
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