'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.'
'The 1/8-inch CCD sensor is substantially smaller and lower resolution than the 1/4-inch Exmor R CMOS found elsewhere in the Sony lineup.'
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'The convenient touch panel allows easy access to menus and additional functionality such as spot focus and spot meteringA built-in 120GB hard disk drive can record and store up to 91 hours of video footage in LP mode.'
'"I am very happy with this camera. no more tapes."'
'You'll have complete control over every detail of your video thanks to the on-screen zoom and record buttons coupled with a 2.7" LCD touch panel swivel-screen.'
'We've complained before about Sony's touch-screen interface--that it's simply annoying on a large LCD and close to unusable on a small one such as the DCR-SR100's'
'it lacks the S-Video and headphone ports'
'Remembering full well what happened when Sony decided to sell DVD camcorders after Hitachi and Panasonic labored at it for years, I had a feeling of dejà vu all over again (credit goes to baseball-great Yogi Berra for that cool line).'
'The lack of manual controls however, may leave some video enthusiasts a bit frustrated.'
