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Posted by david.cams on 11/06/07 04:56
On Nov 1, 9:32 am, "Smarty" <nob...@nobody.com> wrote:
> The website certainly does cater to the consumer market rather than
> professional buyers. In the past year this website did review both the Sony
> FX-7 and the Canon XH A1, both of which sell for several times the price of
> the HV-20, but I too find it hard to imagine that the "best HDV camcorder"
> award includes comparisons to such prosumer products. I certainly prefer the
> HV-20 to my older FX-1 but have no idea how well the FX-7 actually compares
> to the HV-20. I gotta think that the award was not considering these higher
> end cameras, but not really sure. I am sure from my own experience that Sony
> was handed a pretty obvious defeat for its HC-5 and HC-7 alternatives, both
> of which clearly lose in comparison to the HV-20 from my own experience and
> use.
>
> PTravel........Has your HV-20 arrived, and if so, any initial opinions of
> it?
>
> Smarty
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> "PTravel" <ptra...@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
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> > "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote in message
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> >> "Smarty" <nob...@nobody.com> wrote in message
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> >>> Announced yesterday:
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> >>>http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/CamInfo-Selects-2007-33545.htm#HDV
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> >>> "Best High Definition" - All Media and the review states:
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> >>> "The HV20 has the best looking picture we've seen all year, and serves
> >>> the
> >>> needs of almost any type of shooting a consumer is likely to come
> >>> across.
> >>> The fact that it can be purchased for less than $1,000 is remarkable,
> >>> and
> >>> only one of its many compelling features."
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> >> Just curious.. don't they mean the best consumer camcorder? That's a
> >> little broad!
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> > It's camcorderinfo.net. Though the quality of the site has improved over
> > the years, it still has a clear consumer focus.- Hide quoted text -
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Smarty, you say that:
"I am sure from my own experience that Sony was handed a pretty
obvious defeat for its HC-5 and HC-7 alternatives, both of which
clearly lose in comparison to the HV-20 from my own experience and
use."
Some reviewers did not consider that Sony was "obviously" defeated by
the HV-20. For example, CNet's Lori Grunin awarded a score of 7.7 to
the Canon HV-20 and 8.0 to the Sony HDR-HC7.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4323-6530_7-6548292.html
All this shows is that both cameras are excellent, and that there is
not a clear worldwide consensus in favour of either the Sony or the
Canon. But I am not interested in pushing the Sony in a big way
against the Canon, I'm merely pleased that the HD technology has
arrived at a point where there are at least two camcorders which can
be purchased at a reasonable price which take great movies! We could
argue at length over whether the HV-20 is better than the HC7, but in
the end it comes down to individual preferences and perceptions (even
when professional experts are involved).
Regards, David C
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