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CES 2009: Panasonic HDC-HS300 HD Video Camera Is Truly Droolworthy

Chris Ford — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:00:00 GMT

On Tuesday I showed you a HD video camera for the family on a budget, but what about the family that is looking to upgrade and get a top of the line consumer camcorder? For that, the Panasonic HDC-HS300 should fit the bill nicely.

The HDC-HS300 has all the bells and whistles of the best of the Panasonic video cameras - like face detection, full HD 1920x1080 resolution and a 12x optical zoom. The HS300 also has a built in 120 GB hard drive which should record more video than a parent would ever need before he or she could get back to their computer to download it (around 50 hours). But if that isn't enough, it will also take an SD/SDHC memory card too.

Panasonic HDC-HS300 will retail for $1399 and will be available in the end of March / beginning of April 2009.

CES 2009: Canon Vixia HF200 HD Camcorder- Great For New Families

Chris Ford — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:00:00 GMT

At the Canon booth I asked one of the camcorder representatives to suggest a good HD camcorder for new families. The scenario I gave him was a couple is having a baby for the first time, and they want to buy a camcorder that still recorded in HD, but wasn't too expensive. The camera he suggested was the Canon VIXIA HF200.

The Vixia HF200 records in full HD (1920x1080) directly to a SD card. It has HDMI out, face detection and image stabalization. It doesn't have an on-board memory (the SD card is the only option) but at that price it's a camcorder with a ton of features that you'll be sure to have for more than a few years.

Canon Vixia HF200 will retail for around $849 and should be available in the US in March.

CES 2009: Special Deal On Vado HD Camcorders From Creative

Chris Ford — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:30:00 GMT

A few companies at CES were showing off small video cameras - the kind that you put in your pocket and keep with you all the time. And the coolest one I saw at CES was the Vado HD camcorder from Creative. Oh, and they're running a during (and after) CES sale this year that you can take advantage of too.

The Vado HD is a full HD camcorder that records in 720p HD and will output to 1080i. It has 8GB of on board memory for 2 hours of HD video, and has a two inch screen and HDMI out. And like the flip video camcorder, it has a handy USB dongle that comes out of it for you to hook it up to your computer.

And right now through January 17th, you can get it for only $199. Just visit us.creative.com/ces for all the show specials from Creative.