Review: Samsung H106 Camcorder

1. SSD memory

Samsung releases the world first SSD memory Full-HD camcorder

Samsung has shown the world first SSD memory Full-HD camcorder in the CES 2009. SSD camcorders have better portability, transfer speed, noise, capacity, generation of heat, etc over HDD camcorders. On the SSD memory camcorder, Samsung puts on the 64GB capacity, so got an attention from all over the world with the Super storage Full-HD camcorder.

SSD (Solid State Drive) based on NAND flash which Samsung developed in 2005 is innovative data storage taking out motor and operating parts which were in HDD. Fast read/write speed reduces the booting time and battery consumption and is strong to noise and shock, so this has been attached in laptop and something as a B2B type. It was 16GB when it s announced, but in 2008 256GB(81g) has announced. This is transferred to the Full-HD camcorder. That s so Samsung.

 

8 strong points of SSD

This SSD memory camcorder has 8 strong points. It s lighter/smaller, fast, strong to shock and vibration, lower power consumption, temperature tolerance, lower noise/heat generation, reliability, and high capacity, so it s different from other camcorders in basic interfaces. Compared to flash based Cannon, it s 32GB bigger in capacity. It also supports SD/SDHC memory separately to consider users who are used to SD memories.

The new SSD memory Full-HD camcorder by Samsung Electronics is the HMX-H106 / HMS-H105 / HMX-H104. These 3 models have the same performance, but different capacity of the SSD. The H106 has 64GB, the H105 has 32GB, and the H104 has 16GB. Except slight color difference of outer part, the performance is totally the same.

(*This review is going on based on the H106 64GB.)

 

Up to 66 hours recording only with the SSD

Recording in SD quality, 66 hours of recording is possible with the 64GB internal memory. For the Full-HD quality, more than 12 hours, for the best Full-HD quality, it can take more than 8 hours. Besides, once another additional SDHC memory is attached, the recording time will increase. This is enough for one day recording. However, one video file size is limited to 2GB. When recording, if it s close to 2GB, you can automatically record again. This part is common in several products, but more capacity for one file is needed. Therefore, if you need longer recording file, you d better use HD or SD quality.

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