Best Camcorders - Hard Drive Recording Format, 5 to 7 in. Depth

'Lots of internal recording space - a whopping 220GB. '

'intuitive all-touch screen interface'

'It fits snugly into the hand and is nicely balanced.'

'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'

'Images look sharp, too.'

'The back of the Canon HG20 is well balanced and not too bad looking either The Left Side (5.5) The left side of the Canon HG20 will see a lot of action.'

'Several of the new Sony camcorders will also feature new highlight playback and power-on by LCD.'

'The HDR-XR100 also records audio in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and has a built-in zoom microphone for realistic sound.  '

'Best-in-class handling and manual control'

'full high-definition images'

'You will also be able to expand the overall storage capabilities by inserting a SD or SD High Capacity memory card.'

'The GZ-HD6 is a sexy camcorder'

'the best feature is that you can shoot to the hard drive, save it, edit it in the camera, and then transfer it to DVD'

'advanced features'