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Xacti camcorders have traditionally looked mighty fine on paper, but for one reason or another, expectations haven't exactly been met on the previous iterations. The firm's latest pistol-grip device yet again looked superb at a glance, but
TrustedReviews found that the VPC-HD1000 still wasn't able to live up to its claims. On the upside, reviewers found the design to be "much improved," and the Full HD recording abilities were drooled over as well. Still, the crew couldn't help but be disappointed in the paltry four-megapixel CMOS sensor, and while it did perform "better than its predecessors" as a camcorder, the optical zoom was tagged as "slow," colors seemed slightly oversaturated and you'll still need "plenty of light" in order to get halfway decent results. Furthermore, it was noted that quick changes in scenery caused noticeable pixilation, and shooting in low-light introduced "a lot" of grain. Overall, the HD1000 wasn't totally slammed nor lifted up on a pedestal, but we'd probably hold off on this unless you're cool with a "jack of two trades, but master of neither."
posted Nov 18th 2007 2:48AM
From the review:
"[the] Full HD [mode of this camera]... ...is essentially 1080i."
So it isn't actually full HD. Because full HD is 1080p.
Which has twice the resolution of 1080i in terms of megapixels/frame or megapixels/second.
On top of that, this camera doesn't even, according to the review, do a good job at 1080i.
We're just not there yet, people.
Wrong! Full HD is a misleading but universally used marketing term for 1080i at 1920x1080 resolution, as opposed to 1080i at 1440x1080, which is common among older HD camcorders or on cheaper models. No consumer camcorder records at 1080p, which uses the same resolution as 1080i but at double the frame rate (50 or 60 fps compared to 25 or 30 fps).