http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/ Engadget Comments for Sanyo Xacti GH2, CG102, CG20 preview: full-HD cams for less than $230 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/Mar 25th 2010 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/
Seriously? There are some great hd mini-camera's on the market right now...

I'm betting one from Apple will easily cost $300+ since it will be a "revolution"]]>Mar 25th 2010 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/Mar 25th 2010 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/Acording to Steve Jobs they have already entered the flash camcorder market remember? I think it was released about the same time as the 5g iPod nano.]]>Mar 25th 2010 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/Mar 25th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/Mar 25th 2010 1:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/
I hate to join a flame - but let's let Jobs work on gadgets. Bill Gates is the one working on cures for cancer, malaria, hunger, tsunamis, etc.]]>Mar 25th 2010 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/Mar 25th 2010 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/Mar 25th 2010 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/But do these cameras have stereo sound or mono??]]>Mar 25th 2010 3:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/Mar 25th 2010 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/
It's really too bad because in every other way this camera is awesome.]]>Mar 25th 2010 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/
"Both record full HD 1080i60 videos"

INTERLACED? In 2010, these cameras are introduced using a 1930s hack that has no place in any modern broadcast standard or motion-picture device. Don't vote for this garbage with your dollars, please.

And if "full HD" meant anything, it would NOT mean interlaced video. Interlaced footage is blurred vertically to reduce twitter (flicker), so you're not even getting your supposed 1080 lines' worth.

Then there's the undoubtedly abysmal bitrates...]]>Mar 25th 2010 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/Mar 25th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/Mar 25th 2010 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/
I think Sanyo got it right by building cams vertical, it is a far more relaxed and natural position to hold a camera.

]]>Mar 25th 2010 1:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/Mar 25th 2010 4:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/Mar 25th 2010 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/The 240fps recording sounds delicious though. :)]]>Mar 25th 2010 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/
I'd be fine with 720p24 and a good image stabilization, but 1080i60 with all that shaking sounds dangerous.]]>Mar 25th 2010 4:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/Mar 25th 2010 4:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/
Bingo... 1080p24 or I don't give a $#!+....]]>Mar 26th 2010 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/
do you really expect people to take you seriously?]]>Mar 25th 2010 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/
engadget = blog != dpreview etc.

get over yourself]]>Mar 25th 2010 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/
sure i hardly expect to see a full blown objective review on anything here, but praising a video camera without taking in to account the quality of the footage it takes is just stupid]]>Mar 26th 2010 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/
But Sanyo makes the best budget camcorders available. Compared to all these Flip clones, you get optical zoom and much better colors and sound.

btw The megapix0rz stories are totally irrelevant. The photo function on the Sanyo's sucks.]]>Mar 25th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/sanyo-xacti-vpc-sh1-full-hd-camcorder-with-wide-angle-lens-annou/]]>Mar 25th 2010 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/sanyo-xacti-gh2-cg102-cg20-preview-full-hd-cams-for-less-than/http://discuss.gdgt.com/sanyo/xacti/vpc-cg102/general/Finding-Specs/

its very likely that post is talking about the US version of the camera.

"The biggest concern for myself about the CG110 is that the 1080/60 mode is interlaced. I was hoping that -maybe- a 1080/30 mode would be progressive. This is what prompted me to find Savov's post.

The site offers the following insight on the video modes supported by the CG110:

Full-HD ：1920x1080 (60fields/sec, 16Mbps)
Full-SHQ ：1920x1080 (30fps, 12Mbps)
HD-HR ：1280x720 (60fps, 12Mbps)
HD-SHQ ：1280x720 (30fps, 9Mbps)
TV-SHQ ：640x480 (30fps, 3Mbps)

So there are, as expected, multiple modes. The lack of mention of interlaced or progressive in the mode names still leave us in the dark, though.

I did not know, however, that the mode names DO give us some information. According to a thread on Steve's digicam forums (*2), Sanyo uses the SHQ and HR monikers for -progressive- capture modes--the former being 30fps and the latter 60. Therefore, the Full-SHQ, HD-HR, HD-SHQ and TV-SHQ modes are all progressive. "Full-HD" is, consistently, the name they use for interlacing capture modes at 1080. This naming scheme can be deciphered by comparing the capabilities of prior Xacti models, the HD-1000, 1010 and 2000 with their spec sheets.

And it makes sense: there is potential that the camera can do both, as Sanyo has done with its other camera the DMX-SH11. Akihabara news reports (*3) the SH11 has multiple capture modes, some interlaced and some progressive, but the comparable spec source is as untelling. I assume that they too deciphered the code, or its meaning is clear in the industry.

It is greatly based in speculation, but I want to believe that the Sanyo CG110's video modes are (at least) comparable to the CG102's, ensuring the device is capable of a 1080p recording, albeit at a lower 30fps."]]>Mar 30th 2010 3:56AM