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• These aren't 1080p camcorders - at least not in the common sense of the term. 1080p, as applied to consumer TVs, Blu-Ray players, consoles, etc, refers to 1080p50 or 1080p60 (ie 1920x1080 at 50 or 60 frames per second). These camcorders shoot 1080p24 (ie 1920x1080 at 24 frames per second). In pure pixels per second terms, 1080p24 is actually lower quality than 720p and 1080i. 1080p24 is a cool frame rate for film makers to use (not that they're likely to be attracted by the other features / lack of features on these cams) but to call it 1080p is highly confusing for consumers. In reply to: "Panasonic announces two new, compact AVCHD camcorders"

  January 6, 2008

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• Sorry, maybe you were away the day they announced the shockproof, water resistant SDR-S10 that this model's based on? In reply to: "Panasonic SW20 takes a soaking and keeps on shooting"

  January 6, 2008

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