Canon HV20

Canon HV20

338 reviews

December, 2008

83 / 100

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alaTest collected and analysed 45 user reviews of the Canon HV20 from cnet.com. The average user rating from cnet.com is 82 out of 100.

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"Good Consumer Cam Standard"

This camera is a pure consumer camera though ...  Man. Focus, AV - DV conversion, Zoom Speeds, HDV Auto Gain, Poor Audio, poor low light perform...

"Great Camera for the Money"

This is a great camera for current and some t...  Light, does HD, 24 P (like film) compact To Light, had to see view finder in bright light

"Unreliable"

I have a Canon HV20 camera which I purchased ...  Picture quality controls are small and badly designed, located

"Great, but not "Perfect""

Pros:Relatively cheapHD 1080iMini DVGreat col...  Very Controls and Video Quality Low light will not meet up with professional standards.

Average Rating

82

US

alaTest collected and analysed 7 user reviews of the Canon HV20 from pcworld.com. The average user rating from pcworld.com is 91 out of 100.

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HV20

I had demo different HD camcorders and this HD camcorder is a great value when compared to it's competitors. The quality was just as good if not bette...

HV20

As a reviewer below stated the image quality is excellent, has great auto focus and the output via 1080p/24 simple is stunning on a good TV. The LCD i...

HV20

Although bigger than the pocket camcorder I had been using, this takes excellent pictures and has generally been a pleasure to us. Pictures in low lig...

HV20

I love my new HV20 from Circuit City. This camera offers amazing resolution, with a sensor picking up a full 1920x1080 lines of resolution. Because it...

Average Rating

91

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alaTest collected and analysed 3 user reviews of the Canon HV20 from cnet.com.au. The average user rating from cnet.com.au is 90 out of 100.

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Canon HV20

Fantastic camera, I wouldn't hesitate recommending this camera easy to use great video quality excellent build quality doesn't come with software to ...

Canon HV20

Low light performance is GREAT if you switch to 25P. No, its not up there with 5000$ cameras, but it is still much much better than most cancorders I ...

Canon HV20

Exellent features and image quality. Overall very happy. -Image quality -Ease of use / Menus -Headphone / mic jacks / hotshoe -Internal mic effected ...

Average Rating

90

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alaTest collected and analysed 1 user reviews of the Canon HV20 from ciao.co.uk. The average user rating from ciao.co.uk is 100 out of 100.

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Canon HV20

...metal finish to the impeckable Canon lens. This is has all the good points of the HV10 while getting rid of the bad points. The common complaint ab...

Average Rating

100

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alaTest collected and analysed 12 user reviews of the Canon HV20 from reevoo.com. The average user rating from reevoo.com is 81 out of 100.

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Canon HV20

Shooting 25p is great. Menu joysticks a bit fiddly, manual exposure ditto

Canon HV20

Excellent ease of use for beginner or for more advanced users customise most settings. Awesome, video picture quality...Especially Hi-Defintion Value ...

Canon HV20

Excellent PQ My firewire port had to be replaces after just 2 months.. build quality iffy

Canon HV20

Excellent picture quality and ease of use Image quality isn't all that great in low light (though this may be because I used the wrong setting)

Average Rating

81

US

alaTest collected and analysed 3 user reviews of the Canon HV20 from ciao.com. The average user rating from ciao.com is 87 out of 100.

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Canon HV20

...CMOS with RGB filter and Canon DIGIC DV II internal algorithm are capable of reproducing vivid picture and real good colour. Another good thing wit...

Canon HV20 review

...larger camcorder. Behind the lens, Canon places a 3-megapixel, 1/2.7-inch CMOS sensor that captures 1,920 horizontal and 1,080 vertical pixels for ...

Great camcorder and cheap price

Great camcorder, I have seen many different review about different camcorder and I noticed this is one of the best camcorder in the year, it is cheape...

Average Rating

87

US

alaTest collected and analysed 3 user reviews of the Canon HV20 from dell.com. The average user rating from dell.com is 93 out of 100.

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Cannon Hv20 rocks

This unit if very lighweight, easy to shoot pics with one hand, menu is pretty straight forward for someone who just wants to make videos with great q...

Stunning....simply stunning...

I have made 2 short movies using the Canon XL1s. In my opinion, the image quality with this (in just SD mode) blows it away. Of course, the HD mode le...

Amazing

Stunning picture quality. Even my wife said: "Worth every penny." Now that is a positive review. None.

Average Rating

93

US

alaTest collected and analysed 8 user reviews of the Canon HV20 from digitaltrends.com. The average user rating from digitaltrends.com is 86 out of 100.

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Unreliable

I have a Canon HV20 camera which I purchased less than 8 months ago and at the moment; it is a piece of junk. Here I am in Antigua Guatemala to shoot ...

Perfect HD Quality - Easy to Use, great for iMovie Fans

Easily the best HD out there for the money. It was down to $698 through Amazon with free shipping when I took the plunge. The best part really was it'...

A surprising performer

1080i performance is outstanding, with the 1081p ok but, some motion judder on panning. Many reviews said sound was substandard; however there is no ...

Pound for pound, stunning

The top rating given tells you what I think of this cam, so instead of telling you how great it is (and it is)...some drawbacks: form (nice in the han...

US

alaTest collected and analysed 22 user reviews of the Canon HV20 from epinions.com. The average user rating from epinions.com is 86 out of 100.

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Slightly overrated but decent HD Camcorder

I always do my research before purchasing anything over $100, and in this case, at ~$950, I've read nearly all of the available consumer/professional ...

Amazing Camera For The Price

The Canon HV20 is very impressive for such a low price. It can be now be had for about $500-$600 on Ebay and the quality you get dollar for dollar mak...

Wow

I have been making home movies since 1991. I have been through a variety of formats--VHS, VHS-C, MiniDV, and finally HD. For the last six years I have...

Canon HV20 HDV Camcorder

Picture Quality, Fast focusing & Image Stablilization. Low quality MPEG 1 Audio only. No Canon telephone support. No software included. Connector cove...

Average Rating

86

US

alaTest collected and analysed 2 user reviews of the Canon HV20 from shopping.yahoo.com. The average user rating from shopping.yahoo.com is 100 out of 100.

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I could not be any happier with this TV! Looked at everything, DLP, Plasma, LCD, etc. and this was in my opinion the best choice by far due to several...

Great TV

This is the best TV money can buy now. I have had this TV going 2 weeks now and love it. I cant think on any bad things to say about this TV watched t...

Average Rating

100

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