Sanyo HD1000:Xacti DMX-HD1000

Posted on Wed Feb 20, 10:27 by fractalhorizon, Coder Monkey, Australia
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Excellent review!

I really do wonder why camcoder manufacturers make virtually useless long zooms that can't really be used in handheld camcorders anyway instead of a wide-angle that everyone wants.

A few comments:

Firmware update is now available that fixed some problems with EIS and adds rotational shake compensation!

Posted on Wed Feb 20, 10:29 by fractalhorizon, Coder Monkey, Australia
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Also, codec is definitely not a problem. Either download and install a copy of an open source codec from here:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23875/avc1decoder
or download Quicktime 7.1.6 from apple and copy the working H.264 codec from there. Either one works just fine in all resolutions.

Why, OH WHY, are the samples in the .WMV format? Why use a brain-dead proprietary format over an ISO standard one? I mean, not only are the samples now confined to only one operating system, but it makes it impossibel for us to judge the quality of the original footage (it has been re-compressed), or to test if the files that come out of this wonderful little camera will work with our video editing software!

Luckily, Sanyo has a page with a few sample videos on it, you can get them from here:
http://www.sanyo-dsc.com/products/lineup/dmx_hd1000/feature/02/index.html

Posted on Thu Feb 21, 01:29 by David_M, Photographe/Caméraman, Tokyo
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fractalhorizon -> Thanx for informations about codec.
I have put .wmv for people how don't have Quick Time... off course you can see original (same name but .mp4)

Posted on Mon Feb 25, 11:47 by Jam
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I just think in case I buy it in Akihabara Japan, can I be able to get an English-Menu Version of HD1000?

Posted on Tue Feb 26, 11:50 by BigMacky, Malaysia
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I bought one from Akihabara few weeks back. No english menu. Only Japanese. Unlike other gadgets like cameras, there's no option to switch to english interface. But its not a problem at all. Menu has icons which you can relate to easily. So far, I have been very happy with the image quality. As expected, indoors/low light recording is a little noisy BUT outdoors are sharp and comparable to Blu-ray movies out there. Get it.

Posted on Sun Mar 09, 04:32 by Dan, Technology Reviewer, Minneapolis, MN
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What's the artist/song info on the first video, I like it!

Posted on Sat Mar 15, 04:49 by Juuso, researcher, Helsinki, Finland
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But the codec seems to be a problem for Windows and especially for Vista. VLC (VideoLan player) plays nicely 720p on XP and Vista.
Windows media player manages (with ffdshow and haali splitter ) to show the 1080i video but audio synchronisation is completely lost (audio runs about 20% faster).

Any good suggestions+
Juuso

Posted on Sat Mar 22, 12:05 by DrSlump
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Hi guys, what about 32 or 16Gb SDHC cards?
Is that camera worth the buy?

Posted on Tue Apr 22, 12:22 by ksr
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HD1000 can handle only upto 8GB SDHC.

Posted on Sat May 03, 04:08 by cysam
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hi - that's not entirely true ksr.

I just got the Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD1000 from Amazon.com in the US and also bought a Transcend 16GB SDHC (Class 6) card and it works fine in the camera - even when formatted by the camera itself. It's awesome and was pretty cheap at $70 - certainly worth the buy for me.

Posted on Tue May 06, 04:28 by dexxx, Sdudent, Ukraine, Kiev
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Fantastic!!