Shop for digital camcorders

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.6 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 4 reviews

The Bottom Line: Though its video isn't perfect, the Canon FS200 is one of the better standard-definition consumer camcorders available. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, CCD, 37 x, Flash card, 7.9 oz

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  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 36 reviews

The Bottom Line: With improved video quality, a slightly trimmer design, and upgraded software package, the Flip Video Ultra is becoming a force to be reckoned with in the emerging low-end digital camcorder category. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, CMOS, Flash card, 5.6 megapixels

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 5 reviews

The Bottom Line: If storage amount, zoom range, and easy operation are on your list of needs before video quality, check out the Sony Handycam DCR-SR47. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, Advanced HAD CCD, 60 x, Flash card, Hard disk drive, 10.6 oz

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  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The JVC Everio GZ-MS120 is a nice little flash-memory-based standard-definition camcorder. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, CCD, 35 x, Flash card, 8.5 oz

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  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 5 reviews

The Bottom Line: You can tell where Sony cut corners on this compact, flash-based HD camcorder. While it's decent, there are better options for the money than the Sony Handycam HDR-CX100. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, Exmor CMOS, 10 x, Flash card, 9.9 oz

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.4 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 6 reviews

The Bottom Line: Panasonic has listened. The third incarnation of the AG-DVX100 offers unrivalled bang for the buck in a prosumer standard-definition MiniDV camera. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, 3CCD, 10 x, Mini DV, 3.8 megapixels, 3.7 lbs

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 7 reviews

The Bottom Line: Convenient, well-designed camcorders that look pricier than they are, models in the Canon FS series--FS11, FS10, and FS100--nevertheless deliver typical budget video in line with their budget price tags. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, CCD, 37 x, Flash card, 9.2 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Sony Handycam DCR-DVD650 offers an all-in-one, on-the-go way to capture standard-def video and burn it to a DVD, but hard-disk-drive and flash-memory models are otherwise a better option. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, Advanced HAD CCD, 60 x, Flash card, DVD-R (8cm), DVD+RW (8cm), DVD-RW (8 cm), DVD+R DL (8cm), 13.8 oz

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• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 8 reviews

Manufacturer description: Make the memories last - in style. The ultra-compact DCR-SX40 Handycam camcorder can record video to embedded memory or handy removable Memory Stick Duo or Memory Stick PRO Duo media. ... Read more

Specs: Camcorder, Advanced HAD CCD, 60 x, Flash card, 8.8 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 6 reviews

The Bottom Line: Convenient, well-designed camcorders that look pricier than they are, models in the Canon FS series--FS11, FS10, and FS100--nevertheless deliver typical budget video in line with their budget price tags. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, CCD, 37 x, Flash card, 9.2 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If internal flash memory, zoom range, and a touch-screen LCD are on your list of needs before video quality, check out the Sony Handycam DCR-SX41. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, Advanced HAD CCD, 60 x, Flash card, 8.8 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.6 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 1.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: Though its video isn't perfect, the Canon FS200 is one of the better standard-definition consumer camcorders available. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, CCD, 37 x, Flash card, 7.9 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 8 reviews

The Bottom Line: The JVC Everio GZ-MS120 is a nice little flash-memory-based standard-definition camcorder. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, CCD, 35 x, Flash card, 8.5 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 5 reviews

The Bottom Line: If storage amount, zoom range, and easy operation are on your list of needs before video quality, check out the Sony Handycam DCR-SR47. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, Advanced HAD CCD, 60 x, Hard disk drive, 10.6 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Panasonic SDR-H80 has the zoom power of a telescope and a lot of storage in a compact body, but the video results are not nearly as thrilling. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, CCD, 70 x, Flash card, Hard disk drive, 10.6 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: If storage amount, zoom range, and easy operation are on your list of needs before video quality, check out the Sony Handycam DCR-SR47. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, Advanced HAD CCD, 60 x, Hard disk drive, 10.6 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: If internal flash memory, zoom range, and a touch-screen LCD are on your list of needs before video quality, check out the Sony Handycam DCR-SX41. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, Advanced HAD CCD, 60 x, Flash card, 8.8 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 16 reviews

The Bottom Line: Convenient, well-designed camcorders that look pricier than they are, models in the Canon FS series--FS11, FS10, and FS100--nevertheless deliver typical budget video in line with their budget price tags. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, CCD, 37 x, Flash card, 9.2 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.8 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 10 reviews

The Bottom Line: Despite some minor flaws, Pure Digital's Flip Video Mino is the best mini camcorder for straight-to-Web video currently available--but it also costs more, and it can't match the features of a video-savvy point-and-shoot camera. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, CMOS, Flash card, 3.3 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.9 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 53 reviews

The Bottom Line: This outstanding performer raises the bar for prosumer MiniDV camcorders. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, 3CCD with Pixel Shift, 20 x, Mini DV, 2.4 lbs

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• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 4 reviews

Manufacturer description: JVC Everio GZ-MG630US features a 1/6-inch 800,000-pixel CCD image sensor. It also uses a Konica Minolta lens with a 40x dynamic zoom and 800x digital zoom. Dynamic zoom ... Read more

Specs: Camcorder, CCD, 35 x, Flash card, Hard disk drive, 10.8 oz

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• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 2 reviews

Manufacturer description: Small enough to carry anywhere, the Legria FS20 lets you shoot more than 5 hours of video of built-in flash memory. Alternatively, record straight to memory card - just perfect ... Read more

Specs: Camcorder, CCD, 37 x, Flash card, 1.07 megapixels, 7.9 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 10 reviews

The Bottom Line: While its video quality doesn't nearly measure up to that of a true digital camcorder, RCA's affordable Small Wonder EZ201 will appeal to technophobes looking for an idiot-proof way to quickly share video clips with friends and family. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, CMOS, Flash card, 3.5 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The Panasonic SDR-H80 has the zoom power of a telescope and a lot of storage in a compact body, but the video results are not nearly as thrilling. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, CCD, 70 x, Flash card, Hard disk drive, 10.6 oz

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.4 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 6 reviews

The Bottom Line: The near-identical models of the JVC Everio GZ-MG300 series--the MG330, MG335, MG360 and MG365--are budget-priced, hard-drive-based camcorders that are nice enough, but produce typical low-budget video. Read review

Specs: Camcorder, CCD, 35 x, Hard disk drive, 11.1 oz