Sony HDR-SR1 First Impressions Camcorder Review

by David Kender
Published on Jul 25, 2006 6:00 AM

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The Sony HDR-SR1 represents a huge shift in the camcorder industry, drawing on not one, but two of the most important and emerging trends of the last several years: high definition and hard disk drive storage. The HDR-SR1 utilizes the new AVCHD standard, a derivative of MPEG-4 H.264 codec, jointly developed by Panasonic and Sony. No longer confined to tape-based media, Sony quickly put this HD format to use after releasing its first hard disk drive camcorder only seven months ago. We had a chance to handle the camcorder at a premiere event in New York. Our early findings: with 30GB storage and prosumer features like a mic input, headphone jack and remote control input, the HDR-SR1 is one of the most refreshing and exciting developments we've seen in the industry in a long time.







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