Sanyo VPC-FH1 HD 1080p Flash Memory Camcorder w/ 16x advance zoom (Black)

I found this to be a decent camera for ordinary home video use. You'll get fairly good results just pointing and shooting. (Which is a good thing, since the manual is very difficult to navigate.) The camera is small and lightweight, easy to carry about, and fairly comfortable to hold.





For playback, it comes with a mini component cable, but I found that to be pretty wonky trying to connect it to my Samsung LCD. It does NOT come with a mini-HDMI cable, so I couldn't test that out. It DOES come with a mini-to-A USB cable so you can easily connect it to your computer. Trying to view the videos on the PC while streaming the date from the camera is not practical, unfortunately, as the data transfer speed of USB is too slow to correctly handle HD video. Your best bet is to transfer the files off the card to the PC, provided you have a card reader, or copy them to the PC via the USB cable (this will be slow), then watch and edit them with whatever software you like later. You can also edit the videos a little, cutting or joining clips, on the camera itself.





As you can see, it has no viewfinder, you have to watch the LCD screen to frame the picture while you're recording. This can be a problem, as sunlight reflecting off the screen will make it difficult to see what you're filming, and the LCD screen suffers from the viewing angle limitations you're probably familiar with if you own an LCD TV set.





Bottom line: It's easy to use, produces good quality videos, and it's relatively affordable for an HD camera. If you're looking to pick up an HD camera for run-of-the-mill home videos, vacation videos, etc., give this one a shot.Sanyo VPC-FH1 HD 1080p Flash Memory Camcorder w/ 16x advance zoom (Black)