Photos: Hands-on with dual-format JVC Everio HD30 and HD40

Up top is an accessory hotshoe, although the cover is untethered, so will probably end up down the back of the sofa.

Quality goes up to 10 hours of 1,920x1,080i footage at an average of 17Mbps in AVCHD, or 6 hours of 26.6Mbps in MPEG-2. The most you get is 33 hours of HD video at 5Mbps.