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9 out of 10 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"Awesome, puts thecompetion to shame"
Pros: Fits in a shirt pocket, beautiful photos and video, battery lasts a long time, No mechanical parts, No tape to rewind
Cons: Video lags at times, In dark rooms the picture deteriorates
Summary: Overall I can say it is the best videocamera I have ever owned, especially because of its diminuitive size and excellent color rendition. However, the video stopped recording after 10 days. I have sent it back to the merchant for a replacement. This didn't deter me from replacing it. I only hope it was just a bad unit and not a common flaw in all the machines. I have read that despite the manufacturer's 2 G SD limit, the unit will work with a 4 Gig, and would recommend a bigger memory card especially if you are planning to do a lot of shooting. After experiencing this camcorder I will never buy one that takes tape or disc; SD card or hard drive is the only logical solution. I cannot ubnderstand why a company like Sony has been beaten by Sanyo.
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This is the kind of product the home-prosumer market should be going towards. However,this little beauty has a processing unit (whatever must compress each frame from the 5 mega pixels to the 1280x720 mpeg4 frame) seems to be too slow to do the job right.
In theory, this would be the best little thing to carry around. Divx is a variation of mpeg4 and generates outstanding definition even at low bit rates. Of course, to do that it requires the 3 ghz computing power plus a lot of time. So, Sanyo is trying a very promising combination, but it requires a lot more power than what you can have in the little package.
Using the highest quality and making shuts of rather still scenery, it is outstanding, especially with bright light. The quality was great even when projected in large screens. Unbelievable! But the minute a leaf moves then the artifacts appear.
I edited a video cutting off scenes with artifacts due to movement and those watching the presentation in a huge screen were impressed and, a pro, would not accept that the shuts were taken with the little toy-looking gadget.
Sanyo, listen: improve the CPU and you have the best idea once you get it improved.
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Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD1:
$289.95 - $999.95
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