DIGITAL CAMCORDERS

Contour+

It has a cool GPS feature, but the Contour+'s $500 price is too high for a helmet camera with only decent video quality. You'd be hard-pressed to find a better ...

Price: $499.95 - $499.99

• on 7/14/2011
• by Will Greenwald
• in Digital Camcorders

Sony Bloggie Duo HD (MHS-FS2)

With its second front-facing display, Sony's Bloggie Duo (MHS-FS2) is a near-perfect pocket camcorder for self-shooters. But if it the best performance you're a...

Price: $148 - $169.99

• on 5/27/2011
• by David Pierce
• in Digital Camcorders

Kodak Playfull Video Camera

The Kodak Playfull Video Camera is a pocket-sized camcorder that offers good image and video quality, but its tiny stature actually hurts more than it helps.

Price: $74.95 - $149.95

• on 4/11/2011
• by David Pierce
• in Digital Camcorders

Kodak Playsport Zx5 Video Camera

If you want to record video outdoors, at the beach, or anywhere else there's water, the compact Kodak Playsport Zx5 pocket camcorder is a top choice.

Price: $120.49 - $200.29

• on 4/8/2011
• by PJ Jacobowitz
• in Digital Camcorders

Canon Vixia HF S200

A high-end digital camcorder with an 8.5-megapixel HD CMOS sensor, the Canon Vixia HF S200 sports a 35-millimeter equivalent, HD video lens with 10x optical zoo...

• on 3/15/2011
• by Joe Osborne
• in Digital Camcorders

Panasonic HDC-SD60

An affordable model in Panasonic's HDC series of camcorders, the HDC-SD60 sports a 2.11 megapixel MOS sensor and a 35.7 millimeter lens with 35x intelligent zoo...

• on 3/14/2011
• by Joe Osborne
• in Digital Camcorders

Sony HDR-CX110

An HD digital camcorder with a 3-megapixel CMOS sensor, the Sony HDR-CX110 comes with a 35-millimeter equivalent, 25x optical zoom Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar lens....

Price: $298 - $499.99

• on 3/14/2011
• by Joe Osborne
• in Digital Camcorders

Samsung SMX-F40

Samsung's budget camcorder, the SMX-F40, comes with a 680 thousand-pixel CCD sensor and a Schneider Kreuznach with 52x optical zoom.

Price: $179.99

• on 3/10/2011
• by Joe Osborne
• in Digital Camcorders

GoPro HD Helmet Hero

The ultra-rugged GoPro HD Helmet Hero camcorder features a 5-megapixel CMOS sensor, HD lens and a 2.5-hour lithium-ion battery.

Price: $299.99

• on 3/10/2011
• by Joe Osborne
• in Digital Camcorders

Panasonic HDC-TM55

The Panasonic HDC-TM55 sports a 3.32 megapixel MOS sensor, a 35.7 millimeter wide-angle, 35x intelligent zoom lens and a 2.7-inch LCD.

• on 3/10/2011
• by Joe Osborne
• in Digital Camcorders

Canon Vixia HF M300

Canon's Vixia HF M300 sports a 3.9 megapixel CMOS sensor, a 15x zoom HD lens and 2.7-inch LCD touch screen with touch-controlled focus and tracking.

Price: $349.95 - $599

• on 3/8/2011
• by Joe Osborne
• in Digital Camcorders

Samsung HMX-H200BN

Samsung's HMX-H200BN is an HD camcorder with a 3-megapixel CMOS sensor, a lens with 20x optical zoom and SSD expansion capability.

• on 3/8/2011
• by Joe Osborne
• in Digital Camcorders

Panasonic HDC-SD600

The HDC-SD600 sports Panasonic's 9.15 megapixel 3MOS sensor and a 35 millimeter, wide-angle Leica Dicomar lens with 12x optical zoom.

• on 3/3/2011
• by Joe Osborne
• in Digital Camcorders

Veho Muvi Micro

The Veho Muvi Micro camcorder is an extremely small, ultraportable shooter with a 2 megapixel sensor and included 2GB Micro SD card.

Price: $58.99 - $79

• on 3/2/2011
• by Joe Osborne
• in Digital Camcorders

Sanyo VPC-GH4

The Sanyo VPC-GH4 HD digital camcorder features a 10.7 megapixel CMOS optical sensor, a 34 millimeter lens with 10x dual range zoom and built-in YouTube support...

Price: $142.97

• on 3/2/2011
• by Joe Osborne
• in Digital Camcorders

Panasonic HM-TA1

The HM-TA1 by Panasonic is an ultra-thin, ultra-portable HD camcorder with a 5.3 megapixel MOS sensor, 4x digital zoom and Skype compatibility.

Price: $113.49 - $169.95

• on 3/2/2011
• by Joe Osborne
• in Digital Camcorders

Canon Vixia HF M30

Canon's Vixia HF M30 ($599 list) digital camcorder sports a 3.89 megapixel CMOS sensor, a 35 millimeter, 15x zoom HD lens and 8GB of on-board flash memory.

• on 3/1/2011
• by Joe Osborne
• in Digital Camcorders

Panasonic HDC-TM700

The HDC-TM700 digital camcorder features Panasonic's own 3MOS sensor technology, a 35 millimeter lens with 18x zoom and 32GB of on-board memory.

Price: $995

• on 3/1/2011
• by Joe Osborne
• in Digital Camcorders

Toshiba Camileo S30

The Toshiba Camileo S30 pocket camcorder looks and feels like a real video camera, with a big screen and plenty of features, but its performance is only average...

Price: $91 - $149.99

• on 2/1/2011
• by David Pierce
• in Digital Camcorders

3M Camcorder Projector Shoot 'n Share CP40

The $300 3M Camcorder Projector Shoot 'n Share CP40 fuses a pocket camcorder with a portable projector. It's fun to use, but you can get a much better compact H...

Price: $239.98 - $303.58

• on 12/17/2010
• by PJ Jacobowitz
• in Digital Camcorders

Sony Bloggie Touch 8GB (MHS-TS20/S)

The easy-to-use, good-looking Sony Bloggie Touch 8GB (MHS-TS20/S) shoots excellent-quality video at a variety of frame rates, and captures great still images
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Price: $114.99 - $199.99

• on 11/4/2010
• by David Pierce
• in Digital Camcorders

Cisco Flip MinoHD 8GB 2 Hours (2010)

Cisco's latest Flip MinoHD is a slim, attractive, simple-to-use pocket camcorder that takes good-looking video. But its chunkier sibling, the Flip UltraHD is le...

Price: $78.95 - $229

• on 9/30/2010
• by David Pierce
• in Digital Camcorders

Kodak Playtouch Video Camera

The Kodak Playtouch Video Camera packs a touch screen along with plenty of settings, effects, and extras, but video image quality isn't top-notch.

Price: $128.54 - $179.99

• on 9/24/2010
• by PJ Jacobowitz
• in Digital Camcorders

Cisco Flip UltraHD 8GB 2 Hours (2010)

If you're looking for a dead-simple user experience and excellent-quality video in a pocket-size camcorder--rather than frills or a flashy design--the latest-ge...

Price: $78 - $178.34

• on 9/20/2010
• by PJ Jacobowitz
• in Digital Camcorders

Kodak Playsport Zx3 Video Camera

The $150 Kodak Playsport Zx3 Video Camera fits in your pocket, captures 1080p footage and 5-megapixel still images—and you can take it in the pool.

Price: $98.49 - $149

• on 5/13/2010
• by PJ Jacobowitz
• in Digital Camcorders

Sony Bloggie MHS-CM5

Preview of the Sony Bloggie MHS-CM5.

• on 4/13/2010
• by PCMag Staff
• in Digital Camcorders

Sony Bloggie MHS-PM5

Silly name notwithstanding, the slick Sony Bloggie MHS-PM5 is easy to use and delivers great image quality and solid features for an affordable HD pocket camcor...

• on 4/13/2010
• by PJ Jacobowitz
• in Digital Camcorders

Cisco Flip SlideHD

The Cisco Flip SlideHD features an easy-to-use, touch-screen interface and a nifty tilting display for video watching, but if you're looking for recording versa...

• on 4/13/2010
• by PJ Jacobowitz
• in Digital Camcorders

Creative Vado Pocket Video Cam HD 3rd Gen

Creative's latest Vado HD makes some improvements over its predecessor, but not enough to make it stand out in the increasingly crowded pocket camcorder pack.

• on 2/9/2010
• by Brian Heater
• in Digital Camcorders

Pure Digital Flip MinoHD (Second Generation)

Pure Digital's latest MinoHD is arguably the best-looking pocket camcorder you'll find—but it's also expensive and short on features.

Price: $78.95 - $229

• on 10/23/2009
• by Brian Heater
• in Digital Camcorders

JVC Picsio GC-FM1

JVC's Picsio GC-FM1 is cute, compact, and captures HD video along with 8-megapixel photos.

Price: $89.99 - $215.99

• on 10/16/2009
• by Brian Heater
• in Digital Camcorders

Kodak Zx1 Digital Video Camera

Preview of the Kodak Zx1 Digital Video Camera.

• on 8/26/2009
• in Digital Camcorders

Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera

With 1080p video capture and more features than we've seen on a mini camcorder, the Kodak Zi8 nabs our Editors' Choice.

• on 8/10/2009
• by Brian Heater
• in Digital Camcorders

Pure Digital Flip UltraHD

The reasonably priced, pocketable Flip UltraHD lets you shoot two hours of 720p HD video.

Price: $98

• on 4/30/2009
• by Brian Heater
• in Digital Camcorders

Sony Webbie HD

Preview of the Sony Webbie HD.

• on 4/22/2009
• in Digital Camcorders

Sony HDR-SR11 60GB High Definition Handycam Camcorder

The easy-to-use HDR-SR11 Handycam HD camcorder from Sony delivers spectacular video and other extras that make it worthy of our Editors' Choice.

• on 2/2/2009
• by PJ Jacobowitz
• in Digital Camcorders

Samsung SC-HMX20C

Recording and transferring video is a breeze on Samsung's slick and compact SC-HMX20C camcorder, but image quality isn't the best you can find.

• on 2/2/2009
• by PJ Jacobowitz
• in Digital Camcorders

Canon Vixia HV30

The Canon Vixia HV30 shoots Editors' Choice–quality video, but it loses points for operating and software downfalls.

• on 2/2/2009
• by PJ Jacobowitz
• in Digital Camcorders

Panasonic HDC-SD9-8GB

The Panasonic HDC-SD9-8GB is small and lightweight, but its video quality is below par.

• on 2/2/2009
• by PJ Jacobowitz
• in Digital Camcorders

JVC Everio GZ-HD10

Despite some flaws, JVC's Everio GZ-HD10 is a decent starter camcorder choice if you're not hung up on capturing the highest-resolution video possible.

• on 2/2/2009
• by PJ Jacobowitz
• in Digital Camcorders

Creative Vado Pocket Video Cam HD

A few key improvements over the original are enough to make the high-definition Vado the best pocket camcorder around.

Price: $88.67 - $113.05

• on 12/11/2008
• by Brian Heater
• in Digital Camcorders

Pure Digital Flip MinoHD

The originator of the YouTube camcorder adds high-definition recording to its arsenal of mini video cameras with its Flip MinoHD.

• on 12/2/2008
• by Brian Heater
• in Digital Camcorders

DXG-595V

Not yet reviewed by editors.

Price: $151

• on 11/26/2008
• by Geoff Fox
• in Digital Camcorders

RCA Small Wonder EZ205

The RCA Small Wonder EZ205 doesn't offer enough to set it apart from the rest of the YouTube camcorder pack.

• on 10/9/2008
• by Brian Heater
• in Digital Camcorders

Kodak Zi6 Pocket Video Camera

Kodak's first dedicated video camera carves out its niche in the YouTube camcorder space, offering HD capabilities.

• on 9/18/2008
• by Brian Heater
• in Digital Camcorders

Pure Digital Flip Mino

Pure Digital improves the Flip—just not as much as we'd hoped.

• on 7/1/2008
• by Brian Heater
• in Digital Camcorders

Creative Vado Pocket Video Cam

It's sleeker and cheaper than Pure Digital's mini camcorder, but Creative's Vado has one serious flaw.

• on 6/6/2008
• by Brian Heater
• in Digital Camcorders

Canon HV20

Preview of the Canon HV20.

• on 6/1/2008
• in Digital Camcorders

JVC EVERIO GZ-MG555u

Preview of the JVC EVERIO GZ-MG555u.

• on 5/30/2008
• in Digital Camcorders