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Review summary: James takes a closer look at Sanyo's 'dual purpose' Xacti VPC-HD2000 Full HD camcorder.

Review summary: Will this help you crack Hollywood?

Pros: Simple, easy to use, Full HD looks crisp and impressive

Cons: Basic in its feature set, you'll need a powerful computer to edit the footage, you'll need a big SD card

Verdict: If the price was slightly lower, which it no doubt will be online, this is one still worth a closer look

Review summary: In an ePHOTOzine first, Matt Grayson takes a look at the Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD2000 dual camcorder/camera.

Pros: Small body, Full 1080p HD video, 8Mp digital stills, 10x optical zoom, Takes SDHC cards

Cons: Suffers from lens flare, Bad noise performance, Flat colours

Verdict: I can see the appeal of having one camera doing everything and other consumers must also otherwise video function on a compact would've been removed years ago

Verdict: Unwieldy and with a fiddly menu system, but a wide range of manual controls and high quality video and stills more than compensate.

Review summary: Is it a camcorder or is it a compact? Most importantly, is it any good? We take a closer look at Sanyo's new range of Xacti Dual Cameras, including the HD capable VPC-HD2000 There's no denying the fact that Sanyo are keen to tell you about the Xacti ...