Digital video camera winner
Panasonic HDC-TM900
Verdict
An incremental improvement to an already excellent product; it takes over as our A List camcorder of choice
Review Date: 8 Feb 2011
Price when reviewed: £646
Overall Rating
Alternative products
Sony Bloggie MHS-TS20K
Great fun, easy to use, and shoots top quality 1080p video to boot. Move over Flip, here comes Bloggie
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Comparison
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Panasonic HDC-TM900
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Sony Bloggie MHS-TS20K
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| Part Code | HDC-TM900EBK | MHS-TS20K |
| Review Date | 8 Feb 2011 | 13 May 2011 |
| Price ex VAT | £646 | £141 |
| Price inc VAT | £775 | £169 |
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| Camcorder HD standard | 1080p | 1080p |
| Camcorder maximum video resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| Camera megapixel rating | 14.2mp | 12.8mp |
| Camcorder recording format | AVCHD | MPEG-4 |
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| Camera optical zoom range | 12x | N/A |
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| Screen size | 3.5in | 3.0in |
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| Light? |
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| Number of sensors | 3 | 1 |
| Audio | ||
| Internal mic type | 5.1 | mono |
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| Quoted battery life | 60mins | 160mins |
| Dimensions | ||
| Dimensions width | 66 | 52 |
| Dimensions depth | 146 | 15 |
| Dimensions height | 70 | 107 |
| Dimensions | 66 x 146 x 70mm (WDH) | 52.2 x 15 x 107.3mm (WDH) |
| Weight | 450g | 125g |
| Storage | ||
| Integrated memory | 32.0GB | 8.0GB |
| Camcorder internal storage type | Flash memory | |
| Memory card support | SDXC | N/A |
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| Data connection | USB | USB |
| Composite video output? |
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