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The Everio GZ-HD6 ($1,399 MSRP) is JVC’s third attempt at a hard drive-based high definition camcorder after last year’s debut of the monstrous GZ-HD7 and smaller GZ-HD3. This stealthy black camcorder records video to a massive 120GB HDD (Hard Disc Drive), which allows for nearly 10 hours of continuous recording in the highest quality. One of the major marketing points is that HD6 outputs 1080/60P video, but beware the details! There are several caveats that might make it less appealing. Not without its graces, the GZ-HD6 has an overhauled Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) system, which performs better than any consumer camcorder to date. All in all, this is hardly the revolutionary product we wanted to see from JVC.
Camcorder Buying Guide 2007»
MANUFACTURERS  TYPES  PRICES 
(ALL)
Canon
Hitachi
JVC
Panasonic
Pure Digital
Samsung
Sanyo
Sony 
(ALL)
AVCHD-DVD
AVCHD-Flash Memory
AVCHD-Hard Drive
AVCHD-Memory Card
DVD
Hard Drive
Hard Drive-Memory Card
HDV
Lightweight
Memory Card
MiniDV 
(ALL)
$0-$299
$300-$399
$400-$499
$500-$799
$800-$999
$1000-$1499
$1500+ 

2007 AND 2008 CAMCORDER RATINGS

Rank ProductTypeSensorOptical ZoomHDPrice
1Canon HV30 HDV 1/2.7 in  10 x  Yes   
2Canon HV20 HDV 1/2.7 in  10 x  Yes  $899.99 
3Canon HF10 AVCHD-Flash Memory 1/3.2 in  12 x  Yes   
4Canon HG10 AVCHD-Hard Drive 1/2.7 in  10 x  Yes  $1299.99 
5Sony HDR-HC9 HDV 1/2.9 in  10 x  Yes   
6Sony HDR-HC7 HDV 1/2.9 in  10 x  Yes  $972.87 
7Panasonic HDC-SD1 AVCHD-Hard Drive 1/4 in  12 x  Yes  $756.00 
8Panasonic HDC-DX1 AVCHD-DVD 1/4 in  12 x  Yes  $509.00 
9JVC GZ-MG555 Hard Drive 1/2.5 in  10 x  No  $587.95 
10JVC Everio GZ-HD6 Hard Drive 1/5 in  10 x  Yes   
11Panasonic HDC-SD9 AVCHD-Memory Card 1/6 in  10 x  Yes   
12Canon DC50 DVD 1/2.7 in  10 x  No  $528.00 
13JVC GZ-HD7 Hard Drive 1/5 in  10 x  Yes  $1104.95 
14Sony DCR-SR300 Hard Drive 1/2.9 in  10 x  No  $715.00 
15Sony DCR-DVD508 DVD 1/2.9 in  10 x  No  $549.00 
16JVC GZ-HD3 Hard Drive 1/5 in  10 x  Yes   
17Panasonic PV-GS320 MiniDV 1/6 in  10 x  No  $362.88 
18Panasonic VDR-D310 DVD 1/6 in  10 x  No  $449.00 
19Panasonic SDR-H200 Hard Drive-Memory Card 1/6 in  10 x  No  $590.00 
20Samsung SC-HMX10 Memory Card 1/4.5 in  10 x  Yes   
21Sanyo VPC-HD2 Memory Card 1/2.5 in  10 x  Yes  $519.99 
22JVC GZ-MG255 Hard Drive 1/3.9 in  10 x  No  $449.00 
23Canon ZR850 MiniDV 1/6 in  35 x  No  $249.00 
24Canon ZR830 MiniDV 1/6 in  35 x  No  $228.00 
25Canon DC220 DVD 1/6 in  35 x  No  $301.00 
26Sony DCR-DVD108 DVD 1/6 in  40 x  No  $344.99 
27Sony DCR-HC38 MiniDV 1/6 in  40 x  No  $231.76 
28Samsung SC-DC173U DVD 1/6 in  34 x  No   
29JVC GZ-MG130 Hard Drive 1/6 in  34 x  No  $353.00 
30Hitachi DZ-HS300A DVD 1/6 in  25 x  No  $309.95 
31Pure Digital Flip Ultra Lightweight 1/4 in  0 x  No   
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