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The as-yet-unreleased Sanyo VPC-HD1 Xacti camcorder, a small-form-factor HDV shooter that records 720p MPEG-4 high-definition video onto an SD flash memory card, was negatively reviewed by Akihabara News. The reviewers liked the build quality and design of the groundbreaking $800 high-definition camcorder/5.1-megapixel still camera, but called its video quality
disastrous.
So what can we say? The HD1 is a mix of good news bad news. The handling and design have been tremendously improved, and functions have been reviewed too, like for example the manual exposure when taking pictures. Nothing but good news... until you start shooting videos, the video quality is an absolute disaster, and nothing like HD video. The same goes for the image stabilizer, that is totally inefficient.The HD1 is a real disappointment, and we really hope that Sanyo will review this product asap and release a product that lives up to their announcement and our expectations.
Well, that's certainly nothing close to what we had hoped for. What a disappointment!
Sanyo DMX-HD1, everything except for HD, the disappointment [Akihabara News]
Comments
I was wanting to get the older model of these, but decided to wait when I heard an HD version was coming out. Now I guess I'll have to wait for a version with non-craptacular video quality. Unless there's another device like this out there that records pretty well.
I find this extremely shocking. I have the Xacti a couple models back from this, which shoots 5MP stills and VGA video at 30fps, and the video quality is gorgeous, especially in good lighting conditions. Could use work in low light. I guess they dropped the ball on HD.
i wasnt expecting much anyway i just knew that a shaky camcorder video would probably stop me from enjoying the hd quality, what some people dont realize is that video quality depends on more then just amount of pixels i still want one just because i love hte design
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