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Canon grabs the crown for the most fully featured HDV camcorder for under a grand. Although HD broadcasting is slow in coming to the UK, HD camcorders are arriving thick and fast, and prices are dropping. Sony had the first few generations of the cons...
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digitalartsonline.co.uk Updated: 2011-08-10 01:56:46
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Compared to Panasonic’s sleek HDC-SD1, the Canon HV20 looks a bit ungainly with its large MiniDV tape mechanism grafted onto one side. The HV20 records 1920-x-1080-pixel interlaced (1080i) HDV video (or standard DV) footage to MiniDV tapes. It offer...
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expertreviews.co.uk Updated: 2011-08-10 01:56:46
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Canons HV20 is the first consumer HD camcorder to provide a progressive scan option. This means it captures complete frames, just like a traditional film camera, rather than interlacing, which splits frames into a series of fields, each consisting...
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Ease of use: 4/5. Lovely ergonomic design with well-placed buttons and superb manual control. Fixed viewfinder a bit of a pain though.Features: 4/5. Lots of great features and excellent connectivity. Full inputs and outputs plus 25P a definite advantag...

Good lens, Strong audio, Easy to handle, Impressive performance...

Bulky, No lens rings...

Ease of use: 4/5. Lovely ergonomic design with well-placed buttons and superb manual control. Fixed viewfinder a bit of a pain though.Features: 4/5. Lots of great features and excellent connectivity. Full inputs and outputs plus 25P a definite advantag...
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Compared to Panasonics sleek HDC-SD1, the Canon HV20 HD camcorder looks a bit ungainly, mostly because it has a large MiniDV tape mechanism grafted on to one side. The Canon HV20 records 1,920x1,080-pixel HDV-formatted high-definition footage or st...

Since the HDV format demands less computing power than the AVCHD format does, we would steer clear of AVCHD models unless we had an extremely powerful PC. And the Canon HV20 is one of the better HDV models on the market, at a pretty good price to boot...
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T3.com Updated: 2011-08-10 01:56:46
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Its hard to imagine a retro market for something as new as High Definition, but Canon is chasing it nonetheless. The HV20 shoots in 1080i and records on to ye olde MiniDV tapes.Build quality is plasticky and the 2.7-inch display lacks sparkle, altho...

10x zoom, Crisp GD footage, Good at night...

Plasticky build, Small display...

Reliable rather than racy, but the tortuous PC editing will put most punters off...
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Your TVs HD so why not your camcorder? Canon hopes this model will fix that...

Video quality, options, 10x optical zoom...

Size, limited cables in the box...

When it comes to video performance the Canon HV20 is very impressive. As we start to live in a HD world this is on the very cutting edge...
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pcauthority.com.au Updated: 2011-11-04 10:30:13
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Although HD broadcasting is slow in coming to Australia, HD camcorders are arriving thick and fast, and prices are dropping. Sony had the first few generations of the consumer HDV market to itself, but Canon has now joined in, with the HV20 representin...
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Compared to Panasonics sleek HDC-SD1, the Canon HV20 HD camcorder looks a bit ungainly, mostly because of the large tape mechanism grafted on to one side. It records 1920 x 1080-pixel HDV-formatted high definition footage to Mini DV tapes, whereas the...

Excellent cinematic mode, plenty of different modes, great picture quality.

Finicky interface, a little bulky for our tastes. The Final Word The Canon HV20 offers an affordable introduction to high-definition video. While not particularly outstanding, it performs solidly in every area and will satisfy the majority of users.

The Canon HV20 offers an affordable introduction to high-definition video. While not particularly outstanding, it performs solidly in every area and will satisfy the majority of users.
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Canon is targeting video shooters who own High Definition TV sets with its new HV20 camcorder, which will also appeal to many digital photographers. This compact camcorder shares many of the features of the DC51 model we reviewed in Issue 32 and even h...
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apcmag.com Updated: 2014-03-31 01:23:01
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With inbuilt image stabilisation paired with a horizontal body design, the HV20 gives a professional feel to the finished product as well as resulting in more stable images. Its compact size is an added bonus as, although still solid feeling, the HV20...

Great image quality at a great price...

Awkward zoom placement...
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Canon’s latest top-range camcorder didn’t so much fall from the ugly tree as hit every perfectly-pixellated branch on the way down. And, in this hard-drive age, it even has the temerity to merely record onto old-school Mini DV tape. Yet the HV...

Captures in 24P. Stunning image quality. Good manual controls...

Feels cheap. Ugly design...

Ugly but impressive. If you’re looking for glory at Cannes, this is the camcorder for you...
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