Posted by Smarty on 10/31/07 20:32

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


"PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
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> "nappy" <n@n.n> wrote in message
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>> "Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
>> news:fT%Vi.8449$8R1.7716@trndny02...
>>> Announced yesterday:
>>>
>>> http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/CamInfo-Selects-2007-33545.htm#HDV
>>>
>>> "Best High Definition" - All Media and the review states:
>>>
>>> "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."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Just curious.. don't they mean the best consumer camcorder? That's a
>> little broad!
>
> It's camcorderinfo.net. Though the quality of the site has improved over
> the years, it still has a clear consumer focus.
>
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