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Sanyo Xacti HD1A
Sanyo Xacti HD1A
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HQ Grade: F
A is outstanding and exceptional, rated in the top 10% of camcorders.
B means they are good, with some standout features.
C means they are mediocre, and probably more trouble than they are worth.
D & F mean they are absolutely awful or old. Avoid at all costs.
  • 4 out of 5
"Nice Sharpness"
  • 4 out of 5
"HD1a, Great Value"
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colin 0 pts
November 13, 2006 6:48 AM
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HOW GOOD IS THE VIDEO QUALITY?

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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58449 pts
November 15, 2006 11:23 PM
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The HD1a uses MPEG 4 compression. It looks great, but when you try and edit it, you'll end up recompressing that footage if you choose to output it to DVD. That will cause your quality to take a hit. MPEG4 is a great standard, with good video quality. But in my view, it's an end medium for internet viewing and not for DVD output.
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Tom Benn 1 pts
February 13, 2007 4:51 AM
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There are some uncompressed video samples at www.listvideo.com. Just download for free and burn it on a DVD and playback in a TV to see the quality.
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Fillip (doid100) 75 pts
March 6, 2007 9:37 PM
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If you had the same video quality but on a different method of saving it to the camcorder, the quality would be a whole lot better.
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saveddj 0 pts
March 27, 2007 3:58 PM
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I have this cam, and have noticed that when I record in HD, and playback from the cam... the picture is good, however, I still see pixels.. it looks digital.. Since this is HD.. shouldn't this not look so pixelated??? Am I doing something wrong?
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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58449 pts
March 28, 2007 12:30 PM
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Sounds like upsampling to me.
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