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| Sanyo Xacti HD700 7MP MPEG-4 High Definition 720p Camcorder with 5x Optical Zoom (Brown) | 
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| Brand: Sanyo
Category: Photography
List Price: $499.99
Buy New: $389.72
You Save: $110.27 (22%)
New (32) Used (2)
Avg. Customer Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 3646
Color: Brown
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Optical Zoom: 5
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 31.7
Minimum Focal Length: 6.3
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.5
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 6.9 x 4.9
MPN: VPCHD700R
Model: VPC-HD700
UPC: 086483069307
EAN: 0086483069307
ASIN: B000W9Z0T0
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Don't waste your money. August 8, 2008
Bought this product from a friend who got it on amazon. It stopped working after 3 months. I probably had a total of 12 hrs of use. I brought it to the Customer Care Clinic (Sanyo's Repair Center) and they've had it for the last 3 months. They told me they are still waiting for a part from Sanyo. Sanyo Customer service NEVER returned any of my calls as they promised. =( Don't waste your money.
 Gain great portability at the expense of some quality. May 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I recently purchased this camera to use for recording all those family moments. I was previously using a Panasonic PV-GS250, a hand-held 3CCD Mini-DV camcorder. I was drawn to this model for several reasons: True 720p video quality, pocketable portability, digital media (no more "real-time" importing and no more buying tapes).
The camcorder does a pretty good job at delivering decent quality video, however, out of the box I didn't find the Full Auto settings really that appealing, especially in lower light (indoor) conditions. I spent several hours manually going through the settings and replaying them on my television in order to find a better solution. I was able to find the settings that looked good to me. Outdoor shots in lots of light look great at 720p resolution. The colors I've recorded look vibrant in these settings.
In low light, the quality doesn't match my Panasonic camcorder (which is a 3CCD camera, and should be better in low light), but the Sanyo does a decent job at my manual settings. Out of the box, I took the camera to my son's birthday party at a roller skating rink, where the lighting was somewhat dim. With Full Auto settings, the results were disappointing. With my manual settings, the results were improved and acceptable to me.
The image stabilization feature of the camera leaves a lot to be desired when compared to my Panasonic camera. The electronic image stabilization on the Sanyo still results in very jerky playback. In fact, while there was a noticable difference between image stabilization on and off, it still looked too jerky with the feature on. One side effect of turning on image stabilization on this camera is that the picture "zooms in". When the feature is turned off, it zooms back out. This has lead to a number of complaints by owners of this camera-- it's hard to get everything in frame in a room because of the zoom in. Unfortunately, this is how the feature works-- it must have a "buffer" around the frame in order for the digitial image stabilization to work and this is why it zooms in. TIP: *** If you need to get more people in frame and you have no room to back up, then turn off image stabilization.***
Overall, I am happy with this purchase. It doesn't output the best video in all conditions, especially compared to my other camera. However, it can put out some great video given the time to get the settings tweaked to your liking. I would suggest using a tripod whenever possible for the best results. If you are like me, and enjoy true portability then hauling around a tripod is not always an option. In that case, make sure to stabilize yourself again something to keep the shaking to a minimum.
For me, it was a trade off between convenience and quality. I am willing to give up some video quality in order to gain:
- more portability (can throw it in my pocket)
- digital media (no more buying mini-dv tapes)
- faster import into computer (copy movie files over instead of importing in real-time)
- convenient backup (the dock can have a usb hard drive connected to it, and you can easily back up to the drive)
- 720p output
Very Pleased! May 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Its easy...carry the small video camera in your pocket, take cool video whenever you want, in a moments notice it is out of your pocket and recording. When you get home home hook it up to the TV (while its charging) watch what you recorded or hook it up to your PC/Mac and start editing. its 720p so it wont bog down your older computer like the 1080i cameras out now that require the most powerful and fastest computers to even edit. Yes the the 1080i camera's picture looks better but not really by much, it would take a side by side comparison to notice
I just want to say that this is a pretty darn good camera, for everyday use and everyday people.
If you are into professional broadcasting don't get this camera!!!
If you are into crisp home movies, editing them on the computer and burning them to dvd (and a mac owner) get this camera!
It cannot be beat as far as size, convenience and price. I am glad I disregarded the negative reviews!
P.S. In case its needed-----Google "MPEG Streamclip" it is a free program for mac users (PC? not sure) that makes the files leaner for playback, editing, etc.
 Great product for the price, but missing a few things May 24, 2008
This camera has been great because of being able to take decent videos as well as mediocre still photos. It is compact and easy to tote around in you pocket.
The zoom on it however is horrible. When I want to take a video of something far away it will be blurry. Also you can not zoom in very much. That is certainly a pain. Also the still camera's photos are not that great. With limited flash options you need to have good lighting to take full advantage of the still camera.
I love this camera! May 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have had this camera for about a month now and I love it. After purchasing several digital still cameras and video cameras through the years, I've sort of geared myself to lower my expectations regarding the image/video quality. I have to say, this was the first time a camera has impressed me with its quality. The colors are vivid, the microphone is great. This camera exceeded my expectations.
I also uploaded some video to a social networking site to see if their web-based encoder would diminish the quality and found that the quality was far superior to any other video I have uploaded. In fact, my friends noticed the improvement in quality and commented me asking if I had purchased a new video camera.
This is a great camera - especially for the price!
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