http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/ Engadget HD Comments for Samsung's SC-HMX20C 1080p camcorder hands-on http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 3:35PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 3:37PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 3:51PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Hopefully there are not like the 1080P HD sticker on my Samsung DLP, that damn thing is the size of an index card and does not peel off easily. I haven't looked into scraping it off or using a goof off like residue remover because of the glossy black housing. Only thing worse then a huge factory sticker is a dull spot right smack dab on the front of the device where a factory sticker was forcibly removed.]]>Jun 11th 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/
http://www.engadgethd.com/photos/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/856829/

What's the MSRP/street price on this beauty? ]]>Jun 11th 2008 4:52PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/
Then I see page 128 of the user manual ( http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfile/ContentsFile.aspx?CDSite=us&CttFileID=1923481&CDCttType=UM&ModelType=C&ModelName=SC-HMX20C&VPath=UM/200805/20080514172437796_SC-HMX20C_ENG_IB_0403.pdf ), which states the following:

Symptom: The comptuer does not recognize your HD camcorder
Solution: You can not use the HD camcorder with a Macintosh

What the hell? Guess my 800 dollars will go elsewhere.

Full specs here for the Windows users:

http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=camerascamcorders&type=camcorders&subtype=highdefinition&model_cd=SC-HMX20C/XAA&fullspec=F]]>Jun 11th 2008 5:19PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 12th 2008 6:27AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/modern a/v equipment? this!

http://www.usa.denon.com/ProductDetails/3755.asp

i think i counted 40 logos. try to beat me - i dare you. look it
even beats a real nascar

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yeah!
and that computer market is comin if they release the OLED lappy soon enough
i love my sammy home theater, tv, cell phone, and im sur ei am gonna love this(if i win the lottery to get enough money to pay for it)]]>Jun 11th 2008 4:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 4:19PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/
So I would suppose that means "P"rogressive.]]>Jun 11th 2008 4:27PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 4:32PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 7:47PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 7:46PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/
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Come to think of it, maybe that's why they're so reluctant to release true progressive capture camcorders targeted at consumers?]]>Jun 11th 2008 7:50PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 7:57PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 8:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/
Anyway, video quality is the important thing in a camcorder, not the display resolution. Once you're above HDV, the biggest quality factors are arguably sensor size, optics and bit-rate. Don't be misled by display resolution after the camcorder's software has HEAVILY processed and manipulated the raw data. And all processing involves lots of neighbour pixel interpolation - even when the capture resolution and recording resolution are the same...]]>Jun 12th 2008 5:01AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 20th 2008 3:32PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 4:40PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 5:13PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 10:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Scott A Graber]]>Jun 11th 2008 4:42PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 5:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/]]>Jun 11th 2008 5:37PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 6:41PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 11:26PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/
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You can find an uncompressed video file in the comments section at the end of the review.]]>Jun 11th 2008 7:04PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 7:55PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 7:58PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 7:06PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/1) How is the EIS stabilizer compared to the OIS stabilizer of the Canon HF10
2) How is the responsiveness of the auto-focus as compared to the Canon HF10.
3) In general how does it compare to the Canon HF10?]]>Jun 11th 2008 7:55PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 13th 2008 8:50AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/
1) I like the fact that the file format that this camcorder records in is MP4 as opposed to the Canon HF10 which records in MTS (what is that?)

2) The touch screen focus where you can change the focal point from the center to a different point. Check out this video:
http://www.vimeo.com/1100613
]]>Jun 11th 2008 7:57PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 8:56PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Jun 11th 2008 9:23PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/Someone said, HMX20C is not working with Mac PC.
but I think it works very well with Mac PC.

Some recorded movies ( 1080 30p, 480p ) can be played on my Mac smoothly. but 1080 60i movie can not be played ....
but I found to play 1080i movies on Mac.....
Visit apple.com , download and install codec - avc1decorder (free !!!!!!!).

Then you can play all recorded movies on your Mac.

Ahhh... My Mac is iMac -2.8Ghz model.

Enjoy HD movie world with HMX20.............I really love it~!!
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When you plug the USB cable into your Mac, does it show up as an external drive just like any other USB drive?

Thanks!]]>Jun 11th 2008 9:43PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/
http://www.pricehead.com/searchlist.asp?page=1&search=Samsung+HMX20C+8GB&ADE=2&GORAW=Samsung+HMX20C+8GB&GOKEY=Samsung+HMX20C+8GB&GOMTC=Standard&GOCAT=Video]]>Jun 11th 2008 10:40PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/samsungs-sc-hmx20c-1080p-camcorder-hands-on/
Be careful with that place! Broadway Photo earns a paltry 1.5 out of 10 stars in ResellerRatings.com! If it sounds too good to be true, it most likely is!
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