Camcorders > Sony Camcorders > 10 - 20x > 600 GBP to 750 GBP

Advantages: Clear, crisp images with vivd colours, no tapes/DVDs needed, price
Disadvantages: Have to use docking station when charging, AVCHD files not widely used

I recently bought this camcorder from Ebay for £440.00. The model that I have is the American model but all the SR5s are universal and you can simply change it to PAL mode in the menu. I been very impressed so far and would certainly recommend this camcorder to anyone that is looking to buy a decent High Definition camcorder. Whats in the box Bundled with the camcorder is a USB cable to connect the camcorder to a computer, (via a docking station) ...
...for charging and an AV connecting cable. As mentioned before a docking station is also enclosed which is used to charge the camcorder and connect it to a computer. The Camcorder The camcorder comes complete with a built in 40 GIG hard drive so there isn't any need for any tapes or a DVD. The camcorder works in the usual way, a record button is located at the rear and you simply press once to start and once again to complete the record and store ... Read review

Advantages: Quality, HDD rather than tape, zoom
Disadvantages: cost, fiddly touch screen

...for someone who hasn't used sony touch screens before. Another great feature is the option to switch between 16:9 and 4:3 as although no HD tvs are 4:3 it can add great effect if you are making a movie. Connections: - 2.5mm minijack - Mini HDMI 1.3 - Also the camera is supplied with a dock that provides USB connectivity. The camera can capture 8 hours at full resolution so should be plenty for a weekend away although for a two week holiday ...
...The camera also incorporates 10x optical zoom which will not lower the quality of image and allow the full 1080i resolution to capture images a long way away. Overall a great camera for capturing those family moments although the touch screen might be hard to use for someone new to sonys. ... Read review

Advantages: Size, price, video quality
Disadvantages: DVD creating due to fps rate

This Sanyo camcorder is apparently an attempt to capture both the video and still photo market and offer both types of customers one product. The first thing I have to comment on is the super stylish design, this thing it just great looking, it's also very small and light (just 300g). When I first picked one up I couldn't resist the temptation to pretend it was some kind of start trek phaser, I also had a strange urge to try and shave with it! ...
...easily but is it any good? Well the digital camera is only 4 mega pixels which frankly is not high enough these days. The video recording is full HD 1,920 x 1,080d and I think very good quality, It's the same standard found on many higher cost camcorders from other companies. One of the reasons the cam is so compact is because it uses flash memory cards, which is great for transferring footage. A big disappointment is that a SD card is not included ... Read review

Advantages: small, good looking, long battery life, quick transferring of footage
Disadvantages: No high Def.

The key fact to this video camera is that it records onto flash memory. Because it uses these SD and SDHC flash memory cards you get some useful benefits; 1) The battery last longer than HDD, DVD or tape cameras. The standard filming time is 3 hours. 2) Transferring video and photos to a PC is incredibly simple, you just stick the SD card into your PC card reader (I haven't seen a PC sold without a built in reader for years) and drag the files over ...
...light, not much bigger than a digital camera. So it can fit into your bag without it being a pain to carry around. It's also pretty good looking which is a nice bonus and really well designed to fit in your hand comfortably. Its worth mentioning that if you forget to put a SD card in you can still record directly onto the internal memory. Also as SD and SDHC cards get bigger and bigger in capacity you have a camera that will never be limited by ... Read review