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| Brand: Sanyo
Category: Photography
List Price: $799.99
Buy New: $489.00
You Save: $310.99 (39%)
New (4) Used (5) from $425.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 1414
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Optical Zoom: 10
Display Size: 2.7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 3.5 x 2.1 x 4.4
MPN: VPC-HD1000
Model: VPC-HD1000
UPC: 086483068836
EAN: 0086483066832
ASIN: B000V79G0M
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Almost perfect except for 3 things September 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have owned the Sanyo Xacti HD1000 for almost 1 year and I have a lot to say about it. What I really wanted was a small camera that would be great for backpacking trips and traveling abroad. My previous video camera used a built in hard disk drive which I later found out couldn't be used over 10,000 feet. Not a good feature for me when summiting 13,000+ foot mountains in the Sierras. The HD1000 with its SD/SDHC flash memory recording technology is the answer for me!
My wish: a small, light video camera costing well under $1000 that takes great videos and great still images. Must record to SD memory cards, have image stabilization, be easy to use, have good battery life and a mircophone jack.
The reality: The HD1000 is so great in many ways-- good battery life, easy to use, etc. But...here are three reasons why this camera is not perfect:
1) image quality for videos is good, but not amazing. You won't be competing with the Discovery Channel, but the videos that you shoot in bright light will be a lot of fun to watch. I would give the grade of B+ for video quality. Still photo image quality is another story. I am very picky about the quality of images and this camera sucks at taking still photos. I would give the grade of C- for still image quality. This will be less of an issue for people who are not picky.
2) No optical image stabilization. The digital image stabilization that Sanyo uses on the HD1000 and even the newer HD1010 just plain doesn't compensate for people's shaky hands. You must hold the camera very steady, especially when zooming, or your videos will be a headache to watch. I demand optical image stabilization on future models Sanyo!
3) Lens crop factor/ lens angle. The Sanyo HD1000 has a lens that can zoom up to 10x which is great. Using no zoom at all, the lens is equivalent to about 35-36 mm on a 35mm camera. Translation: you need to stand at least 10-15 away from a group of people to get them all in the video (unless they are huddling). My primary use of the camera is for backpacking and traveling, so I want something for people and landscapes. The lens on this camera is too narrow. The only solution is to buy a wide angle lens which screws on to the front of the camera and gives a viewing angle that is fantastic. But the wide angle lens is big and heavy, and ruins this camera's sleek, lightweight design. Nevertheless, 90% of the video I take with the HD1000 is with the wide angle lens screwed onto this camera. I just can't tolerate the video any other way. It is unfortunate that my camera is now so bulky.
CONCLUSION: So far technology has not provided the average consumer with a cost effective all-in-one video camera/still camera that will knock your socks off. The HD1000 is a good device and I am glad to own it, but it has some flaws that really bug me. I guess the best way I can balance the pros and cons is this: if you wait for the perfect device to come around, you will miss out on taking videos until then. In the meantime consider picking up the HD1000 and having fun with it while finding out what you like and don't like about a camera so that you can define for yourself what your next perfect camera will be like.
 L September 22, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is my first review, but I figured that I better spare some of my co-Amazon shopping mates the misfortunate and trouble I had to endure by purchasing this camera.
I purchased a brand new VPC HD 1000 camera over 3 months ago from Amazon. I was quite happy with my previous Sanyo VPC 5 camera, and I figured that this purchase would be a successful one as well... However, the camera I received did not function well from the very beginning. From a time to time, some of the images and videos were corrupted by parallel lines that obscured up to half of the image. Although this phenomena appeared already from the very beginning, I decided to contact Sanyo first rather than replace it through Amazon (and maybe this is a good point to give Amazon the credit for its superb costumer care!)
So, I filed a service request in Sanyo's Fisher costumer relations (less than a month after purchasing the camera). Their replies were very slow and rather unhelpful. Eventually, after sending multiple reminders, they replied saying that there is a problem in the circuit board or the cable that connects the circuit boards to each other inside the camera, and this should be serviced by a Factory Authorized Service Center.
To my astonishment, although this is evidently a manufacturing problem, I was asked to ship the camera to their service center on my own expenses. I did so, and expected to see my camera back, or at least a replacement within few days... however, after calling the service center couple of times, I understood that they are waiting for some part to arrive so they can fix the camera...
To summarize, today, more than 3 months after I purchased the camera, after paying about 70$ more than the current price, and spending additional money and time for insured shipping of the camera to the service center, I still haven't received a working camera...
I have already given my father may old camera, so for the last 3 months, while traveling, I didn't have any camera. Bottom line, although feature-wise this camera may potentially look appealing, if you will be unlucky like me and get a lemon, or if anything ever goes wrong (which is not unlikely for a device that combines mechanics, optics and electronics), you will be terribly disappointed. So do yourself a big favour and reconsider cameras from different brands.
Perfect but not so September 6, 2008
I love this handsome toy to dead! Here are my reviews:
VIDEO:
Mac does not fully support 1080i, so I had to download a codec to views my videos (ghost effect, but clear) otherwise it won't play. However 720 is perfectly fine.
My experiences of using P, A, S: P comes out everything shaky; A is digitally clear (each frame is still and vivid); S is analog effect (see continuous motion when view frame by frame).
PHOTO:
Use P to get the most saturated results, A, S are always overexposed. The night scene selection is cool, I get both background and my models clear, flashlight must be turned on.
Drawback: At a low light situation, videos come out with significant digital noise. To take pictures, It's noway to find where the models are, I end up taking a few shots then choose the best from them. Also this is not a wide angle kinda camera, but the zoom is amazing if you don't have shaky hand.
Conclusion: It is still worth the $. Eventually everything goes HD, why stay with old technology?
 A++ September 1, 2008
Took longer than expected for shipping, but a great price and equipment quality was worth the wait.
 Great Video but Pics are just ok August 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I can at last say I have found the camera that looks better on my HD tv than the shows I am watching! I have owned an Aipek GO-HD, Aiptek A-HD, two Canon TX-1's, Sanyo CG6, and two Sanyo HD700 all of which had some sort of fault or major shortcomings. This camera works fantastic for pics or video outside and works just as well inside with only normal lighting. Only other camera that came close to working as well indoors was the Aipek A-HD and up until now was the only camera I kept. Others have complained that the video will be jerky when played back on the pc. The only program that will play any HD video back smoothly is NERO 8!!! None other will work as good as this. I am using a 1.6gig single core processor and 1gig ram so you don't need a fast pc just a great program to run it and will also maintain full hd when burned to a DVD. Most other programs will drop the resolution to dv1 when burned to a DVD.
All in all I can say this is a keeper which says a lot and my wife is so happy that I will be spending more time with her. Now that my search for the ultimate point and shoot camera is done. Only took 8 cameras and 8 months. This one is truly a point and shoot to get great results without having to play with all the settings to get great pics only to loose out getting it because you were to busy trying to play with the adjustments.
Hope this helps someone avoid all the trial and errors I have had to endure.
My Update: This has been a fantastic camera but have had some problems with processing the video recently. I got a new laptop and it does not handle it very well. After owning it for almost a year now the battery still holds a great charge. The pictures are still good but after more use and after buying a Kodak V1253 I realized that the pictures were not that great even at 8mp. The camera has been dropped few times and still keeps on ticking. The drops were from the wonderful case that Sanyo sells. It is junk do not waste your time or money on the case. The camera will yes will come flying out of it and bite the dust.
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