Generally excellent video quality and a straightforward.
Excellent color and noise results with great motion and sharpness in 60p.
Great image quality in most conditions.
Has a 700x digital zoom, which is the highest of any of the HDV camcorders we looked at.
Excellent video quality
Videos are sharp and vibrant
Intelligent Auto and menus are both user-friendly
'Smarter-than-average autofocus .'
'best video quality'
'Given the low, low prices, the small, low-resolution LCD screen is understandable. '
'The Panasonic HDC-HS60 is surprisingly small for a 120GB camcorder.'
'equally awkward touch screen'
'Good range of manual controls. '
'I’ve seen other camcorders that are built more user-friendly than the HDC-HS300, which has some hard-to-press buttons and a main zoom toggle that’s too small to use comfortably.'
'solid all-around performer'
'Middling video quality.'
'Best-in-class handling and manual control'
'sub-par image quality'
'infuriating design problem'
'extensive picture customization options'
'The P2 slots are hot-swappable for continuous recording and are capable of loop record, pre-record, interval, and one-shot recording.'
'The actual horizontal resolution of the HPX170 is a little disappointing, coming in at a mere 650 lines.'
'I found it difficult to judge the camcorder's focus, even with the image magnification tuned on.'
'Still photos are almost unusable; unsurprising given the low resolution of the individual sensors.'
'The Joystick itself is sharp – it actually hurts!'
'gigantic battery'
'Unbelievably poor battery placement'
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'This screen delivers a clear picture of the action during recording and playback.'
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