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How sharp does it look? We are happy to report that this is definitely HD-quality video, and not just HD-sized. The HDR-UX1 did a great job reporting fine detail. But noise is definitely an issue. There seems to have been a steady decline in Sony’s ability to control noise level since their introduction of consumer HD camcorders. The HDR-HC3 was noisier than the HDR-HC1 and now we’re sorry to say that the HDR-UX1 is noisier still, and the heavy AVCHD compression is likely the contributing factor to that increase. There was noise is everything... bright light and low light, indoor and outdoor, against flat backgrounds and against detailed shots. The noise did not seem to cost the camcorder much in its fine detail rendering, but there’s no way you won’t notice it.
Sad.

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net