Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 02/16/07 00:07

To Smarty - the older product is not HD, nor is it advertised as such.

To Frank - I think it (my oder non HD model) is better than you say[1].
It's suitable for someone who wants to have a video camera with them at
all times. It takes useful pictures, but no, it isn't gong to compete
with even the cheapest run of miniDV equipment.

My own take is that it's really a still camera with video capabilities,
not bad, but not really great in either mode. And as I stated before,
its form factor and menus made it not work very well for me.

BTW, I bought it at a very steep discount,which made it more palatable
to me than it might have been.

[1] Maybe that just reflects our differing tastes or requirements :-)

On 2/14/2007, Frank posted this:
> Since we're top posting...
>
> Just wanted to say that the original Sanyo looked to me be an okay
> product for teenagers doing Web video of the YouTube variety, but that
> beyond that, it wasn't a serious product and shouldn't be taken
> seriously.
>
>
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:40:31 -0500, in 'rec.video.desktop',
> in article <Re: MPEG4 Camcorders - any good?>,
> "Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote:
>
>> In the past, I have been able to find samples of the Sanyo "HD" video on the
>> web, and have downloaded quite a few of them. I presume the newer, improved
>> model will (and may already) have samples demonstrating its' performance.

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