Comments on: Sanyo Xacti HD2000, An Evolution Rather Than a Revolution: The Review

By: Daimaou - G-A.G

Daimaou - G-A.G — Sat, 29 May 2010 01:44:24 +0000

Thanks to Sanyo DE we are now uploading back the samples… It will be online in 30m after this post has been posted !

By: FaiRLane

FaiRLane — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:43:30 +0000

Downloadeble material is not anymore available.

By: FaiRLane

FaiRLane — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:30:55 +0000

I highly interested this camera, thanks for review of it.

Just wondering why 60fps only? Why no support for pal? (25/50p)

Pinnacle Studio 14 HD ultimate can import Xacti HD2000 files, but it warns to me (vgacard (matrox P650) do not support 1920×1080 60p mode). So i can see on timeline 30p version of video. Converting it to mpeg2 format, i cant find how much quality is worser when converting mpg4 -> mpeg2 (i cant see much diffrences) Clip what i use is short and taken inside of house.

Editing mpeg2 file is much much faster than Mpeg4

Exporting to DVD, it can do only 720×480/30fps. I tried to do DVD and played it PAL DVD player, it works (i tried it only Yamaha DVD player)

By: Lefteris

Lefteris — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:05:41 +0000

Like the previous posters, I would also like the 720P/60 to be there. Why on earth did they remove it? If the reason was to bring out a Xacti 2020 or something, that’s plain stupid.

I would also like to ask the reviewer about the battery life. I have Xacti HD 1000 and battery life is great. How does it compare to that?

THX

By: sesa

sesa — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:40:05 +0000

Why not 1280 x 720 @ 60 fps recording is my question….. why only 30p….. i dont under stand

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:30:57 +0000

The form factor of a gun is born out of utility.
If overlap of form factor between guns and cameras are a concern, maybe the shape of gun should be changed to look less like a camera. ;-P

cheers.

By: curious

curious — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:21:49 +0000

These gun shaped cameras are going to cause an incident some day. I can just see a nervous cop reacting with tragic outcomes.

By: noobee

noobee — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:41:10 +0000

it looks like a gun

By: Rawit

Rawit — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:00:19 +0000

Why did Sanyo drop the 720p/60 mode? Are they planning releasing an HD2010 or HD2020 soon?
I hope they include that mode again with a firmware update or something. I really like this range of dual camera’s a lot, they are fun to use. So I hope Sanyo gives the users some good support, like firmware updates. They should and can keep the entire HDXXXX line up to date.

By: Way

Way — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:20:50 +0000

It is not so simple. The codec in the HD2000 can be something like 4-6 times more efficient per Mb than your P2 camera (unless it is h264 intra based or Sanyo h264 inter codec is not so good). But this is only on simple scenes that are not too complex or have to many changes. So sometimes it might be better and sometimes worse. But what makes the p2 camera good, is that it is usually used in reasonable prosumer or professional cameras. Thee have great lens systems and sensors that have great latitude and low noise (very good low light performance) accurate subtle color and picture rendering etc. But if you use one of the cheaper original prosumer P2 based cameras the latitude, and maybe even the noise level, of the Sanyo maybe better. The resolution might also be better on the Sanyo, as the cheaper p2 camera might be using pixel shifted sensors. Sanyo deserves to be congratulated for coming out with this camera at 24mb/s, still prefer 36mb/s though .