Although the HR10 continues the high video-quality theme of the HV20 and HG10, it's not quite in the same league. Aside from the lack of enthusiast features, what really lets it down is the DVD recording format itself. The limited storage has always been an issue with optical disc-recording camcorders, even standard definition ones. But with AVCHD, you don't even get the compensation of being able to pop the discs into your DVD player to watch them straight away. So, although the HR10 already has quite a reasonable street price, we'd recommend waiting for a Blu-ray model if a disc-based camcorder is what you're after.Read full review
Overall
8/10
By James Morris
Reviewed 01 December 2007
Updated 05 February 2011