Canon HV30 Reviews

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outstanding audio quality, outstanding design, extraordinary display, top-quality features, outst... (alaTest Semantic - Pluribo)

Generally excellent video quality; solid feature set for its class; well designed (cnet.com)

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We have collected and analysed 28 expert reviews and 150 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 85/100 and users rate it 88/100. The average review date is March 24, 2008. We have compared these reviews to 79494 reviews from other Camcorders. The alaScore™ for this product is 98/100 = Excellent. Last update: January 9, 2009.

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BETA alaTest Automatic review summary of Canon HV30

By alaSemantic (alaTest Semantic - Pluribo)

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We have analyzed the reviews for the Canon HV30 using our BETA review analysis. These are our findings: The Canon HV30 is good. Despite objections to the poor audio quality and small user interface, people like the clear video quality, hd quality, and vis...

outstanding audio quality, outstanding design, extraordinary display, top-quality features, outstanding hd quality, top-quality menu system, top-quality price, first-class video quality, excellent zoom.

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Canon Vixia HV30

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Generally excellent video quality; solid feature set for its class; well designed

Tape housing feels a little flimsy; fixed eye-level viewfinder needs a better eye cup; manual focus dial a bit loose

An extremely minor upgrade from the HV20, the Canon Vixia HV30 remains a quality HDV camcorder with a couple of performance issues.

As of this writing, the Vixia HV20 is still widely available, and costs signi...

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Canon HV30 Camcorder Review - Canon HDV Camcorders

By David Kender (camcorderinfo.com)

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The Canon HV30 ($999 MSRP) is the replacement model for the much celebrated HV20, winner of our 2007 Camcorder of the Year award, along with three other awards. Canon has decided not to mess with a winning formula too much. The small list of upgrades incl...

The real question on our minds is this: how much longer can tape-based HDV hang on? In most other aspects - convenience, portability, capacity, and ease of transfer to computer - tape has already lost to HDD and solid state media. The thin margin of victo...

The Canon HV30 (left) versus the Canon HV20 (right). The Canon HV30 (Specs, R...

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"Sent me a broken product!"

By SNusbaumer (cnet.com)

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Be very cautious about buying this product. A...

I can not use, so I can't say. If Cannon would have sent me a camera that worked, then I might have found something positive to say about it.

The shoe on the camera does not work. Nor does the desk top charger. How difficult is it to ensure the basic units are working correctly before they send? Maybe it's time to look elsewhere. For me it certainly is.