Sanyo Xacti HD2000

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Sanyo Xacti HD2000

I am probably going to get this Sanyo HD2000 -- the top of the Xacti line. Here is a Youtube review of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjCMBaq8x84

This gets 60 frames per second.
It also supports iFrame, but in reading other reviews (till my eyeballs fell off my face)I learned some complex thing about iFrame being great because it is compatible with the computer, but that you have to shoot always in HD. Actually, I do not see anything wrong with always shooting in HD, other than that Youtube has its restrictions.

I also read and heard in another video that the SANYO HD2000 eats up a lot of memory.

PLEASE, COULD YOU COMMENT POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE AND let me know anything about this that I should know? I will use iMovie '09, of course, so am hoping that the Image Stabilization can do the job that the poor I.S. feature cannot do in these Xacti camcorders.

Past History: I bought a Sony TG5V but am going to return it, since it has no external mic jack and I intend to be doing interviews with the camcorder.

~~L

24" Intel iMac 222.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, Mac OS X (10.5), Lexmark All In One printer, copier, scanner & fax. Two dead external hard drives

Posted on Apr 5, 2010 4:10 PM

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Jun 3, 2010 12:53 PM in response to Lorna from Hawaii

I just bought an Xacti HD2000, convinced by what now seems to be pure "hype" about much more rapid transfer and editing in iMovie but don't see any improvement over my Canon HG20 which ricords in AVCHD. In any case, iFrame is 30fps. Sanyo made a big pitch about Xacti, iFrame and the Mac but turns out all the software and the manuals are about Windows. My requests for assistance of Sanyo got zero results, after the automated response. If you want I'll sell you my Xacti.

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