Sony Handycam HDR-SR1
Rank: 8/10 - Excellent
Price range: $849.95 - $1,321.99
The good: Hard disk holds about four hours of best-quality HD video; sharp, saturated, low-noise video; excellent build quality; fast, smooth focus with effective image stabilization.
The bad: Mediocre still photos; frequent motion artifacts in video; lame but necessary bundled software; no windscreen filter for microphone.
The bottom line: The Sony Handycam HDR-SR1's combination of hard disk capacity, easy adapatability, great design, and a broad feature set make it the consumer HD model to beat for 2006.
Specs: Video input type: Camcorder; Optical zoom: 10 x; Media type: Hard disk drive
