The Canon Vixia HG21 comes encased in the normal black, so if you’re looking for an alternate color a little off of the norm you won’t get it here there are no alternate color choices. It’s got the usual viewfinder on the left-hand side and the hand strap on the opposing side.

Standout Features

• 120 GB Hard Drive
• 24 Mbps Recording
• 1920 x 1080 Full HD Recording

The hard drive on this camcorder is quite spacious, for lack of a better word. With a 120 GB at your disposal, at the highest recording quality setting, you’ll be able to record up to 11 hours of recording. And on the 1440 x 1080 resolution you can record around 45 hours of video.

With the new chip system that Canon has implemented into their new line of camcorders, the DIGIC DV II, the new chip is capable of a 24 Mbps bit rate allowing for better video quality and faster functionality.

This camera is one of several new camcorders that are becoming available that are capable of recording in full HD. As the HD technology for televisions has absolutely taken off, so has HD for camcorders. Who wants home videos in standard definition anymore? Everyone wants high-def.

Summary of reviews

With this new chip system that Canon used in this camcorder, consumers have been impressed with the still image quality as well as the video. Most that left reviews were not anticipating the video editing to be so taxing on their computers. If you have any doubt as to whether you’re computer will be able to handle this video you may want to upgrade your hardware if you plan on editing your video.

Summary

Video quality on this camcorder was excellent the camera was also very comfortable to hold. The camcorder’s design was also very convenient and simple, as some similar models, while adding the HDMI output, have placed it in inconvenient places such as behind the battery. If you’re looking for an upgrade to your VHS camcorder you can’t go wrong here.