Panasonic's two 3CCD HD camcoders announced for US

by Evan Blass, posted Mar 29th 2007 at 2:01PM

Finally joining a party already attended by big names such as Sony, Canon, and Sanyo, Panasonic has announced that its first two consumer HD camcorders -- which we initially spotted back in November -- are set for an impending US release. Since you all have memories like a steel trap, we're sure you'll recall that both the HDC-SD1 (pictured) and HDC-DX1 share almost exactly the same feature set -- 1080i video capture, 2.1 megapixel stills, 12x optical zoom with optical image stabilization, five built-in mics, and those three image sensors -- with the only difference being that the former records to SDHC cards while the latter writes to dual-layer DVDs. Best of all -- and unlike their Japanese counterparts -- both the SD1 and DX1 will be priced exactly the same: $1,300 when they hit shelves in the next few days.

Filed under: Digital Cameras, HDTV

Tags: 1080i, avchd, camcorder, hd, hdc-dx1, hdc-sd1, panasonic, sdhc

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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js @ Mar 29th 2007 2:07PM

iChat AV, FTW!!!

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LukeA @ Mar 29th 2007 3:01PM

Panasonic O.I.S. is amazing.

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John Matthews @ Mar 29th 2007 3:43PM

camcoders?

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MegaMan @ Mar 29th 2007 4:09PM

This is SWEET.

Time to cash in my BEST BUY replacement warranty.

what's a good way to permanently kill my current DV Camcorder?

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Brett Carlsen @ Mar 29th 2007 4:00PM

I work for best buy in albany and we've had the sd1 for about 3 weeks...

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Brandon @ Mar 29th 2007 4:13PM

Reverse the polarity when you plug in the cam.

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FrankTheCrank @ Mar 29th 2007 7:56PM

What do you mean, reverse the polarity? How is that done?

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Ryan @ Mar 29th 2007 4:20PM

The HDC-SD1 has been out for at least a month.

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stan @ Mar 29th 2007 8:55PM

i don't think AVCHD is supported by Mac OS X, only HDV.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/camcorders.html

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GizmoDoc @ Mar 29th 2007 10:26PM

I purchased this puppy over one month ago. Unfortunately the price has dropped over $150 since I bought it. No regrets as for the money it is the best camcorder on the market. Came to that conclusion after ten hours of research. ONLY problem is there is NO non linear editor for the ACHD format. Hopefully will be out in a few weeks.

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keith waddington @ Mar 30th 2007 11:43AM

trusting your video to anything other than tape is not the smartest idea. I wont even get into long term storage.

waddo
http://www.waddo.net/

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