I had been talking to my family last summer about the need to replace my old and bulky Sanyo Video Camera. Obviously someone took note and on Christmas morning I was presented with the Toshiba Camileo H30 Camcorder along with a 8GB card. I was pleasantly surprised with the gift and was soon opening the packaging to examine the contents, which were plentiful. Apart from the Camcorder there was the power adapter, both for the UK and for Europe, a lens cover, a cloth pouch, a battery, an USB cable for connection from the Camcorder to a computer, a set of Audio/Video leads for connection to the TV and best of all a HDMI cable to display your HD recorded content on to a ...  Read the complete review

The Camileo H30 was purchased from Tesco after a bit of rebate and including the supported SDHC card it cost around £139. The biggest incentive for me when choosing this camcorder in this price range was the large 3 inch (7.6cm) touch screen panel. Secondly it was the 5x optical zoom which most other cameras in this price range did not provide. Optical zoom is much better than digital zoom as it causes no pixellation and therefore retains sharpness. The touch panel is used to navigate through all the menus, photos and videos. It is quite sensitive but can be a bit sluggish at times. This is not a major hindrance as it performs adequately. Browsing ...  Read the complete review