Sanyo VPC-HD1 First Impressions Camcorder Review

by Matt Culler
Published on Jan 7, 2006 10:00 PM

Intro Performance
Format Tour
Auto / Manual Controls Still Features
Handling and Use Audio / Playback / Connectivity
Other Features
Comparisons / Conclusion
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Conclusion
If I had to say yes or no without having any official testing results, I’m thinking... no. Much of this conclusion is based on my estimate of the horrible video performance, and then noticing other glaring flaws on the periphery. All I can say is, thank you for the external microphone port, because I’m expecting some bad motor noise from the optical zoom. That means you’ll have to buy an external microphone with this critter, which cuts down on the portability that this camcorder flaunts. Add to the list of extra purchases an SD card--better make that a 2GB SD card-- wait, better yet, make that as many SD cards as your budget can afford, because you’re going to need them for the amount of video this thing can record. But then again, if you can shell out eight hundred dollars for such a gimmicky camcorder maybe you can afford so many cards and an extra microphone anyway. Advice for the less financially fortunate among us: save up and buy the HDR-HC1. In six months it will be cheaper than it is now, and that's a safer bet than the Xacti HD1.




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