Archive for the '$1000 - $1500' Category
Sony Handycam HDR-SR7 Camcorder Review
Saturday, August 11th, 2007Sharing a perch at the top of Sony’s HD prosumer camcorder line, the Handycam HDR-SR7 manages to combine a raft of cutting-edge capabilities without forgetting that its primary function is capturing high-quality HD video. This facility still doesn’t come cheap or easy, but if you’ve got the bucks and the patience, the SR7 delivers the [...]
JVC Everio GZ-HD7 Camcorder Review
Monday, August 6th, 2007As many camcorder manufacturers have discovered, three low-resolution sensors can sometimes take you a lot farther than a single high-resolution sensor. Unfortunately, while that may have been true for a standard-definition world, it doesn’t seem to carry over to high-def–at least, not in the case of the JVC Everio GZ-HD7. Perhaps it’s because JVC uses [...]
Canon HV20 Camcorder Review
Monday, April 9th, 2007When Canon first showed us the HV10, we were surprised that the company chose a vertical form for its first compact HD camcorder. In our review, we found that the vertical design brought with it some irksome ergonomic issues. Canon’s follow-up, the HV20, includes all the same features as the HV10, plus 24p recording, an [...]
Sony Handycam HDR-HC7 Camcorder Review
Saturday, April 7th, 2007So you’ve heard how much better video will look in the xvYCC color space and are set to drop $33,000 on the Sony Bravia KDL-70XBR3 70-inch LCD TV when it ships in May. But what will you play on it? Most likely home movies recorded with the Sony Handycam HDR-HC7 or its little brother, the [...]
Sony Handycam HDR-SR1 Review
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006A virtual twin of the Sony Handycam HDR-UX1 but with shiny black-plastic accents, the HDR-SR1 delivers essentially the same video but without some of the accompanying media headaches. It too uses the AVCHD format to record 1080i HD video, but on a 30GB disk rather than DVD. Interestingly, Sony charges about $100 more for the [...]
