Panasonic HDC-HS80

64 reviews

May, 2013

Positive
Image quality (10)
Portability (7)
Zoom (7)
Battery (5)
Value for money (5)

Negative
Resolution (1)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 64 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the battery and value for money. The portability and zoom are also appreciated, but many are critical about the resolution.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Camcorders the Panasonic HDC-HS80 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 92/100 = Excellent quality.

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Expert review by: Lori Grunin (cnet.com)

Panasonic HDC-HS80

There's a lot to like about this little series of camcorders. But while the 16GB Panasonic HDC-TM80 and its similar kin, the no-internal-memory SD80 and 120GB hard-disked HS80, do provide a surprisingly full set of manual controls for the money, as...

The Panasonic HDC-TM80, SD80, and HS80 camcorders provide manual controls in a functional, if somewhat boring, design

The sub-HD resolution sensor produces merely satisfactory video

A functional trio of camcorders, the Panasonic HDC-SD80, TM80, and HS80 are notable for their manual exposure controls (unusual for their price class) and well-designed touch-screen interface, but otherwise you can find better options. Of the three,...

May, 2011

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Expert review by: (toptenreviews.com)

Panasonic HDC-HS80

The Panasonic HDC-HS80K is a solid option for a hard drive camcorder that shoots in full HD 1080/60i, especially with its many features and the 120GB hard disk drive. While a few of the similar camcorders may have even more features and a larger hard...

The HD video looks great, and the 120GB hard drive stores up to 50 hours of video

It doesn’t shoot in 1080/60p like similar hard drive camcorders

This is an affordable hard drive camcorder option that shoots great-looking HD video.

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Consumer review by: P-Slaughter (cnet.com)

"Great HD Camcorder!"

I've just started getting my head around the camcorder. The quality of the images is excellent and I love being able to capture photos at the same time as filming. I have set the camcorder so that all my pics are stored on an SD card, whereas the...

Quality of the images is excellent

Difficult to control the shake at maximum zoom

May, 2012

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Consumer review by: Psylencer (cnet.com)

This review is incorrect on camera at least HDC-HS80

I ordered one just hasn't gotten here yet. Definitely need a comment section on the articles ; The specs in this article don't even match for basic stuff like optical zoom, or what their version of digital zoom is, if it is effective or not etc. Check...

Reviewer didn't do a very good job I have to believe they never had any of these cameras in their possession, which in my opinion makes it impossible to review an item. makes me skeptical about trusting CNET to review anything I may be interested in. will

May, 2011

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Consumer review by: Psylencer (cnet.com)

"This review is incorrect on camera at least HDC-HS80"

I ordered one just hasn't gotten here yet. Definitely need a comment section on the articles.

May, 2011

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Consumer review by: (amazon.com)

Amazon review summary for the Panasonic HDC-HS80

alaTest has collected and analyzed 32 user reviews of the Panasonic HDC-HS80 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

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91% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2013

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Consumer review by: anup78ca (amazon.com)

Nice and compact camcorder

I was pleasantly surprised to get this very compact and well designed camcorder. The performance so far has been great. Also downloading the video is very simple and efficient.

Oct, 2012

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Consumer review by: Jie (amazon.com)

great product

I had this Camcorder for couple month and has been very satisfied about it. It's compact and easy to follow the instruction. Also I found the quality of both video and sound is pretty nice. I think it's a must-have for a family. I am very glad about...

Oct, 2012

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Consumer review by: Ping Wang "stellar" (amazon.com)

Awesome Camcorder

Oct, 2012

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Consumer review by: 9ijnbhu8 (amazon.com)

Good cam for daily use

I owned this cam for several months, and I love it. It is light, small and portable. I carry it every day in case I need to use it to record some videos I want. It has many features, I did not figure out all the features. But the image stabilization...

Oct, 2012

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