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The HDC-TM700 is the much anticipated new flagship camcorder from Panasonic, and it is also the replacement model for last year's award-winning HDC-TM300. With the HDC-TM700, Panasonic has created a camcorder with seemingly no major weaknesses—and plenty of impressive features to boot. First and foremost is the new 1080/60p record mode, which produced stunningly-sharp video and rendered excellent motion in our performance testing. The most enticing aspect of the HDC-TM700, however, may be its surprisingly low price tag of $999. Frankly, we are shocked that one of the best consumer camcorders we've ever reviewed is available for such a bargain.

MANUFACTURERS  TYPES  PRICES 
(ALL)
Canon
Creative
Hitachi
JVC
Kodak
Panasonic
Pure Digital
RCA
Samsung
Sanyo
Sony 
(ALL)
DVD
Flash Memory
Hard Drive
HDV
Memory Card
MiniDV
Ultra Compact 
(ALL)
$0-$299
$300-$399
$400-$499
$500-$799
$800-$999
$1000-$1499
$1500+ 

2009-2010 CAMCORDER RATINGS

Rank ProductTypeZoomSensorHDPrice
1Panasonic HDC-TM300 Flash Memory 12 x  1/4.1 in  Yes  $1899.99 
2Panasonic HDC-HS300 Hard Drive 12 x  1/4.1 in  Yes  $814.00 
3Canon HF S21 Flash Memory 10 x  1/2.6 in  Yes  $1125.00 
4Canon HF S100 Flash Memory 10 x  1/2.6 in  Yes  $899.96 
5Sanyo VPC-HD2000 Memory Card 10 x  1/2.5 in  Yes  $899.99 
6Panasonic HDC-HS60 Flash Memory 25 x  1/4.1 in  Yes  $599.00 
7Sony HDR-XR520V Hard Drive 12 x  1/2.88 in  Yes  $1299.00 
8JVC Everio GZ-HD300 Hard Drive 20 x  1/4.1 in  Yes  $485.78 
9Canon HF20 Flash Memory 15 x  1/4 in  Yes  $628.99 
10Panasonic HDC-SD20 Memory Card 16 x  1/6 in  Yes  $499.99 
11Samsung HMX-R10 Flash Memory 5 x  1/2.33 in  Yes  $620.00 
12JVC GZ-MG670 Hard Drive 35 x  1/6 in  No  $395.00 
13JVC GZ-X900 Memory Card 5 x  1/2.33 in  Yes  $564.15 
14Sony MHS-CM1 Ultra Compact 5 x  1/2.5 in  Yes  $121.81 
15Pure Digital Flip UltraHD Ultra Compact 0 x  1/4.5 in  Yes  $139.00 
16Kodak Zi8 Ultra Compact 0 x  1/2.5 in  Yes  $149.36 
17Sony MHS-PM1 Ultra Compact 0 x  1/2.5 in  Yes  $91.54 
18Kodak Zx1 Ultra Compact 0 x  1/4.5 in  Yes  $79.89 

CAMCORDER RATINGS 2007-2008

Rank ProductTypeZoomSensorHDPrice
1Canon HV30 MiniDV 10 x  1/2.7 in  Yes  $649.00 
2Canon HV20 HDV 10 x  1/2.7 in  Yes  $1403.99 
3Canon HF10 Flash Memory 12 x  1/3.2 in  Yes  $699.95 
4Canon HF11 Flash Memory 12 x  1/3.2 in  Yes  $825.99 
5Canon HF100 Flash Memory 12 x  1/3.2 in  Yes  $849.95 
6Canon HG20 Hard Drive 12 x  1/3.2 in  Yes  $707.99 
7Canon HG10 Hard Drive 10 x  1/2.7 in  Yes  $1299.99 
8Sony HDR-SR12 Hard Drive 12 x  1/3.13 in  Yes  $1297.94 
9Sony HDR-HC9 HDV 10 x  1/2.9 in  Yes  $919.00 
10Sony HDR-HC7 HDV 10 x  1/2.9 in  Yes  $1099.22 
11Sony HDR-CX12 Flash Memory 12 x  1/3 in  Yes  $800.00 
12Panasonic HDC-HS100 Hard Drive 12 x  1/6 in  Yes  $1059.99 
13JVC GZ-HD40 Hard Drive 10 x  1/3 in  Yes  $1225.95 
14Sanyo VPC-HD1010 Flash Memory 10 x  1/2.5 in  Yes  $177.95 
15Panasonic HDC-SD1 Hard Drive 12 x  1/4 in  Yes  $1789.44 
16Sony HDR-UX20 DVD 15 x  1/5 in  Yes  $21.17 
17Panasonic HDC-DX1 DVD 12 x  1/4 in  Yes  $874.99 
18JVC GZ-MG555 Hard Drive 10 x  1/2.5 in  No  $999.00 
19Panasonic HDC-HS9 Hard Drive 10 x  1/6 in  Yes  $999.95 
20JVC GZ-HD6 Hard Drive 10 x  1/5 in  Yes  $999.22 
21Sony HDR-TG1 Flash Memory 10 x  1/5 in  Yes  $748.00 
22Panasonic HDC-SD9 Flash Memory 10 x  1/6 in  Yes  $1299.95 
23Canon DC50 DVD 10 x  1/2.7 in  No  $379.99 
24JVC GZ-HD7 Hard Drive 10 x  1/5 in  Yes  $1200.00 
25Sony DCR-SR300 Hard Drive 10 x  1/2.9 in  No  $1299.95 
26Sony DCR-DVD508 DVD 10 x  1/2.9 in  No  $588.00 
27JVC GZ-HD3 Hard Drive 10 x  1/5 in  Yes  $1481.95 
28Panasonic PV-GS320 MiniDV 10 x  1/6 in  No  $679.99 
29Panasonic VDR-D310 DVD 10 x  1/6 in  No  $579.99 
30Sony DCR-DVD910 DVD 15 x  1/5 in  No  $21.17 
31Panasonic SDR-H200 Hard Drive 10 x  1/6 in  No  $689.99 
32Samsung SC-HMX10 Flash Memory 10 x  1/4.5 in  Yes  $999.00 
33Sanyo VPC-HD2 Flash Memory 10 x  1/2.5 in  Yes  $499.99 
34Panasonic SDR-H60 Hard Drive 50 x  1/6 in in  No  $524.39 
35JVC GZ-MG255 Hard Drive 10 x  1/3.9 in  No  $699.99 
36Canon ZR850 MiniDV 35 x  1/6 in  No  $399.99 
37JVC GZ-MS100 Flash Memory 35 x  1/6 in  No  $299.95 
38Canon ZR830 MiniDV 35 x  1/6 in  No  $699.55 
39Samsung SC-MX20 Flash Memory 34 x  1/6 CCD in  No  $134.95 
40Sony DCR-DVD108 DVD 40 x  1/6 in  No  $21.17 
41JVC GZ-MG330 Hard Drive 35 x  1/6 in  No  $720.00 
42Kodak Zi6 Ultra Compact 0 x  1/4.5 in  Yes  $124.99 
43Panasonic SDR-SW20 Flash Memory 10 x  1/6 in  No  $217.21 
44JVC GZ-MG130 Hard Drive 34 x  1/6 in  No  $449.00 
45Sony DCR-HC38 MiniDV 40 x  1/6 in  No  $499.99 
46Samsung SC-DC173U DVD 34 x  1/6 in  No  $179.95 
47Hitachi DZ-HS300A DVD 25 x  1/6 in  No  $180.68 
48Pure Digital Flip Mino Ultra Compact 0 x  1/4 in  No  $119.99 
49RCA EZ210 Ultra Compact 0 x  1/4 in  No  $99.00 
50Creative Vado Ultra Compact 0 x  1/4 in  No  $29.99 
51Pure Digital Flip Ultra Ultra Compact 0 x  1/4 in  No  $150.79 
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