Sony DCR-DVD405 Camcorder Review by James Murray Published on Mar 30, 2006 11:00 AM

The DCR-DVD405 is Sony’s penultimate DVD camcorder this year, and the follow-up to the enormously popular DVD403 (Review, Specs, $489). Very little has been added in the way of features since last year, but the price has dropped by a hundred bucks to $900 (MSRP). Sony does seem to have made some modifications under the hood, however, because the image quality has changed dramatically. How? Come in and find out.