Why I buy this one ?
- 24Mbps offers the highest bit rate in AVCHD for High Definition video - enabling improved color reproduction and tonality
- Record up to 22 hours of High Definition video to a 60 GB Hard Disk Drive
- Includes a genuine Canon 12x High Definition video lens
- Comes with a 3.3 megapixel full HD CMOS sensor (1920 x 1080) and a DIGIC DV II image processor
- Features Canon's SuperRange optical image stabilizer

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What our customer's say!

"Low Priced for the best camcorder", I went through a lot of slow camcorders and atlast found this one as best.
I was reviewing all camcorders compatible in HD with Hard Drive one's but found this so appealing at the provided price range.

Only drawback that I came across is not having viewfinder. But I dont really require it as the screen is too good. 60GB is too much for my use.
As a whole I like it and until next few years I dont want to loose this.

"Canon VIXIA HG20 Camcorder", Love it. Easy to use. Worth mentioning that if you have a Mac rather than PC, you'll need Leopard and iMovie 08 to use this camcorder with your computer.

"Good value for money", This video camera does all that it says, the only thing that is a bit of disappointment is the battery life. It hardly lasts about 60 mins in use. You would definitely need extra battery if you plan to use it for longer recordings.

"Great Hardware lousy software", This is a great camera. It's HD quality is very high and has a vast CCD so even when the camera is moved quickly you get a smooth video with little or no jerkiness. Great color and easy functionality.
The software sucks however. There is really only one good way of getting video off the cam and Once off, it must be converted to anything other then it's native format if you are to do anything with it. I found a AVCHD converter online for about $50 which lets me convert it for my purposes. YouTube, iMovie and Adobe Premier. Each is a separate conversion which requires about 4 min processing for each min of HD video.
That's with my 2.8Ghz QuadCore & 8gb's Ram on Windows Vista 64.

"Excellent Camera", After using tape for 2 years, I am thrilled how easy it is to transfer videos from the camera's hard drive to my computer, just drag and drop.

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"Excellent camera in a small package.", Recieved this camera without having had a camcorder previously. The hg20 allows you to basically pick it up and start recording. Very easy to operate. Instruction manual is also helpful. Video's are amazing, and I was also impressed with the sound quality as the device was picking up all the different conversations at our christmas party. Camcorder is very good in low light as well. My only complaints are not about the camcorder but about canon, send us a mini HDMI cable to go with the camera and develop better editing software. My intentions with this camera is to put movies on a portable harddrive and streamline the movies from the portable harddrive to the tv, this camera makes this very simple, and at 1080i what a bonus. THANKS FOR AN EXCELLENT CAMCORDER.

"It's CANON - you will never go wrong ", I got this small baby about a month back from Amazon for an excellent deal. I spent some good hours on this by trying both video and photo in almost all the available setting.

Pros :
Picture quality is amazing. I assure you that you can't get better than this if your budget is below $1000.
Very handy, sleek, light weight to shoot the moving objects and image stabilizer works pretty good.
Very intuitive settings and control mode. No need to spend hours to learn.
If you have a reasonable light, the results are very close to some high-end camcorders.


Cons:
The first and foremost - it looks like the outer body is made up of some cheap plastic. It's not sturdy.
Your index finger should be at least 4 inches long to reach the click button if you take still picture. I think this is just because of the hard drive.
It comes with some basic software which is very poor for you to manage your videos and photos. (Probably I haven't spent good time to research)


Actually I took some videos at higher resolution and used Nero to convert it to DVD format and burned it in DVD. When I played the same in my PS3 with 1080i, it's very close to 1080i resolution streamed directly from CAMRA to my TV through HDMI.

I also recommend to get additional battery (will be bulky) for your travel.

On the whole (4.8 out of 5) I strongly recommend this baby if you are looking to buy a decent camcorder without draining your bank account.

"Excellent item for a great price!", I got this camcorder as a gift for my boyfriend. he had an older camcorder that took tapes. he loves the camera, great look and feel. Lighter than we both thought it would be and absolutely amazing.

also, Amazon is the best website for shopping!! I have never had an issue with getting my products when dealing directly with Amazon! thank you so much and have a great holiday season!

"AWESOME CAMERA", The Camera is AWESOME. The image quality is breathtaking. The physical size of the camera is very reasonable, easy to carry.
Just a note for those who may want to record in high definition but do not have HD equipment. You will need a software to convert HD recording to MPEG 4 format.
The Camera package would be much better if Canon did include a charger with the camera. Now that said, it is good to order a charger (which is easy to travel with and is 110/220 V.
Since this is not a camera issue per say, I have 5 stars to this camera.

"Exceptional video quality", I got my HG20 camcorder on Thanksgiving sale with free battery pack (BP 827). I'm really impressed with the performance so far. Video and audio quality is top notch, both outdoor and indoor (with normal lighting). I connected it with my Samsung 4061 HDTV, the video quality is simply exceptional. The focus is crystal, and zoom is great. The hard drive is really quiet, unlike my previous Panasonic camcorder SDR-H18. I haven't tried SDHC recording yet. The photos taken with this camcorder are really good too. The menus are user friendy, you don't need to dig thru' the manual a lot. The battery life is average, but I wouldn't worry much since I got BP-827 for free.

The only downside is that you have to charge your battery with the camcorder since no seperate battery charger is included in the package.

The supplied software is for basic editing. It's similar to the one supplied with Panasonic SDR-H18, but this s/w takes AVCHD format only. I have used the Panasonic software for basic editing (cut unwanted scenes, add transition between scenes, add title, music etc), so it's not that bad and the menu's are almost the same. But my Turion 64 laptop is too old/slow to edit the AVCHD format, so I'm collecting the videos for future editing with faster computer.

You can read the professional reviews on cnet.com and camcorderinfo.com which gives you indepth analysis.

I compared Sony HDR-SR11 before buying, but HG20 beat SR11 with price, quality and performance and is worth every penny.