World's Smallest and Slimmest Design

The JVC Everio GZ-HM200 offers dual SD card recording, with continuous recording from one card to the next, and is one of the smallest and lightest full HD camcorders available.

It also features a 1/4.1-inch, 3.05-megapixel CMOS image sensor and full HD recording--full 1920 x 1080 resolution--to maintain native 1920 x 1080 resolution through playback, enabling output of a 1080p 60fps progressive signal to make the most of high-end HD displays. Using the same GENESSA processing technology used in JVC HD televisions, conversion to 1920 x 1080 at 60fps provides seamless natural video, free of motion judder during fast action activities, jaggy lines on angles and moiré patterns on fine details when zooming. 1920 x 1080 HD discs played back via the camera from the optional JVC CU-VD50 Share Station are also converted to 60fps progressive.

Product Features

• KONICA MINOLTA HD LENS (F1.9, Filter diameter: 30.5mm)
• 60GB Internal Hard Disk Drive
• 25 hours recording at the highest quality (Ultra-DVD Movie)
• Full HD1920 x 1080P Recording
• 1/4.1" 3.05Megapixel CMOS
• 24Mbps Ultra High Quality AVCHD Recording
• Up to 1920 x 1080 Digital Stills
• Up to 9999 digital stills at the highest quality
• New Laser Touch Operation
• Face Detection
• HDMI V.1.3 with x.v.Color
• 2.7" 123K-pixel Color LCDData Battery
• Power-Linked operation with Quick Restart
• Convenient 2-way Strap
• Auto Power ON/OFF & Auto Lens Cover
• Remote Control
• One Touch Export (Windows)
• One-touch Upload to YouTube (Windows)
• One-Touch Backup to PC (Direct Backup)
• One-Touch DVD Creation (Direct DVD)
• Pixela Everio MediaBrowser (Windows)
  

Product Specs

JVC GZ-HM200’s Review

www.techradar.com

06/19/09

This handful of silver and black will easily slip into a handbag or an inside coat pocket. Its small and dainty controls are not designed for the serious videographer, but it has the HD spec and features to enable casual users to snap and video high quality images.

While the lens and stereo Dolby Digital speakers seem a little puny, it does sport an impressively large 20x optical zoom. Most modern camcorders plaster their megapixel credentials all over the body, but the 3MP modes available here are tucked away in the manual.

Component, AV and USB leads are included as accessories, along with a remote control, but there’s no cable for HDMI.

For its target audience, the HM200’s pictures are far better than what you’d expect from its equivalent models in the past. But for HD, there’s very little to shout about and the pictures are certainly no better than that served up by decent models on supposedly more primitive formats. Both video and stills are lacking the detail of fellow hi-def models and only impress in optimal shooting conditions. Images also tend to look a little washed out.

Audio is okay, if a little bright and harsh and there is some interference from handling noise. The auto functions are a little slow to react, but do a decent enough job. The whole package is fine for those on a budget who are not worried about the best pictures. For the rest, you’re not getting close to what HD can really offer.