T3 has a mini-review of Sanyo’s Xacti HD1 camcorder up on their site. It’s a flash-based device that can record HD video in 720p. T3 thinks that this camcorder is decent for recording video in bright daylight, or close to a nuclear reactor. But if you have less than optimal lighting conditions, that’s where this camcorder falls down. The camcorder has a 10x optical zoom and a 5 megapixel display. A 2GB flash memory card can hold 29 minutes of high quality video, or 43 minutes of not-so-good quality. And by “high quality” I assume they mean “high quality recorded at high brightness”.

So while this little camcorder looks like a steal, you may wish to look elsewhere for a camcorder. I noticed on Amazon’s page that after viewing the listing for this camcorder, 62% of Amazon shoppers actually ended up buying Sony’s HDR-HC3 camcorder instead.

Sanyo Xacti HD1 Camcorder