If you've got your heart set on one of these Sonys, go with whichever you can find the cheapest.
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It's an older model that delivers similarly lackluster video, but provides manual controls and you can find it for less than $200. If you find this kind of video quality OK and you're really budget-minded, then I'd consider the Panasonic HDC-SD40 instead. Although I haven't used the touch screens on the slightly higher end models, historically 2.7-inch camcorder displays make for very cramped touch screens. Getting to the manual settings means jumping into the menus, which are organized logically but still require some navigation that interrupts the actual shooting.
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Though it has some basic manual operation, like white balance and exposure compensation, the camcorder really is designed to be used in full auto. It's doubly annoying when it goes to sleep while you've got it connected to a TV, since you have to remove the HDMI cable in order to close the panel and wake it up. That gets really annoying when the camcorder goes into sleep mode, you have to close and open the LCD in order to wake it up. The recess beneath the LCD panel contains Mini-HDMI and Mini-USB connectors, and there's a joystick and play button on the LCD bezel. Beneath the strap there's a covered recess with the SD card slot and an AV-out connector. There's a short, captive USB cable that slides into the hand strap, and you can use it for charging, though the camcorder comes with a traditional AC adapter charger as well. A manual switch opens and closes the lens cover. The design is also typical of these entry-level models, with a zoom switch, photo shutter and mode (movie/still) button on top and a record button in the back for thumb operation. It fits comfortably in a roomy jacket pocket or bag.
Of course, its compact, light design is one of the attractions of the camcorder, though it also makes it feel quite plasticky and flimsy. The image stabilization works well for about three quarters of the zoom range I think part of the problem is that the camcorder is a little too light and harder to keep steady than some. The LCD actually remains quite visible in bright sunlight and the camcorder focuses relatively quickly and accurately. On the upside, the performance isn't bad, though the battery seems to run down a little faster than I'd like - it lasts about an hour. The audio is typical for its class a little too bright-sounding, but the mic picks up the sounds you want. In low light - say, early dusk - it's even softer and quite noisy. The combination of sensor and optics seem prone to fringing, and can produce an overall purplish cast on the video rather than just on edges. But for typical tourist and home-video type shooting of middle distances and viewed at actual size or on a large-screen TV, I found it extremely soft and mushy. If you view your video scaled down and played on a computer, or like to shoot close-ups, which usually deliver the best results for both cameras and camcorders, it looks good.
(There's also a version of the camcorder with a built-in projector, the PJ200.)Īs far as I can tell, the video quality doesn't look any worse than predecessors like the CX130, which many folks consider acceptable. This review is based on testing of the CX190.
In addition, the CX210 has 8GB of internal memory - keep in mind when comparing prices between the CX200 and CX210 that an 8GB flash card costs less than $10. The CX200 and CX210 incorporate touch screens the CX190 has a small joystick and playback button on the LCD bezel for operation. The three camcorders differ from each other in a few ways.
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