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6. Panasonic HDC-SD9

Editors' rating: 7.2

The good: Compact and lightweight; saturated colors.

The bad: Moderate to low-light videos look cloudy; some awkward design choices; smallish LCD with terrible color reproduction; awful bundled software.

The bottom line: Despite its trio of CCDs, the video quality and performance of the Panasonic HDC-SD9 are a bit too inconsistent. Plus, we recommend avoiding this model until software support for it improves.

Read CNET's full review
Price range: $690-$800

Credit: CNET Networks

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