Best Camcorders - 1 to * CCD Quantity, High Definition Recording Format, 5 to 14 Hours Battery Life, 30 to 200 x Digital Zoom, 2 to 3 in. LCD Panel Size

'streamlined user interface'

'The camera includes 32GB of built-in flash memory and supports SDHC cards, and it encodes the video as AVCHD files with data rates up to 24 mbps, the format's maximum capability. '

'The camcorder earned an audio score of Good, with noticeably better clarity and volume than rival camcorders offered. '

'impressively deep and professional manual controls'

'Excellent HD Camera'

'colours are warm and well saturated – reds particularly eye popping and skin tones bright and healthy looking – with detail and sound impressively clear when viewed back on a flat panel telly.'

'remarkably smooth video'

'Excellent HD Camera'

'colours are warm and well saturated – reds particularly eye popping and skin tones bright and healthy looking – with detail and sound impressively clear when viewed back on a flat panel telly.'

'remarkably smooth video'

'Excellent HD Camera'

'colours are warm and well saturated – reds particularly eye popping and skin tones bright and healthy looking – with detail and sound impressively clear when viewed back on a flat panel telly.'

'remarkably smooth video'

'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.  '