The built-in flash memory on the HMX20C is 8gb, which is room for a little under 90 minutes of video at the highest quality. Supporting SDHC and MMC+ memory expansion, you can add up to a 32gb card into the HMX20C for an unreal amount of recording time. Make sure you bring a charger along though because if you expand the memory too much, you're likely to run out of battery power before you run out of recording space! The battery has an approximate run time of 1.5hrs on a full charge. Both battery pack and expandable memory cards go in a pop-up door at the back of the camera (illustrated in the photo below). Above this door you can see the mode-switch button, the corresponding mode is indicated via LED above it.

Taking a look at the fold-out viewfinder mentioned earlier, you'll see that all the camera's major functions are easy to access via touchscreen menus. Right on the screen itself is the main menu button which appears in all the camera's modes. This allows you to edit all the settings of the current mode as well as overall camera settings. For quick access to the important ones, such as shutter speed, focusing, white balance, etc. there is a Q.Menu button to the left of the viewfinder screen that brings up a large six-button menu to adjust these items. Below this Q.Menu button is a secondary zoom button and record button. Although my instinct is to use the ones right on the camera body, I suppose that some people will enjoy having these secondary ones easily accessible with their other hand. Although this touchscreen did collect fingerprints, they weren't noticeable enough to be seen when it was powered up with am image on it.

Swinging over to the right side of the camera, it's easy to see the greatly improved upon swivel handgrip. In the HMX10A review I complimented Samsung on the usefulness of this swivel grip, especially for the filming of sports and action video. However, my gripe with that camera was that the handstrap was made of a really hard and solid material which was not comfortable on the hand for extended periods of time. I was happy to see this strap is now a very suede-like material on the HMX20C.

The included dock allows easy access to DC power, USB, Component/AV output and HDMI output. I was disappointed to see that the HMX20C did not have an HDMI output integrated directly into it as the HMX10A did. For those wanting to display their 1080p movies to someone else when not at home, having to carry a dock and AC adapter along with them may not always be a viable option. The HDMI port supports Samsung's Anynet+ capabilities. This is an HDMI technology used in all new Samsung products that allows any Samsung compatible remote to control any devices supporting this option. For those building a Samsung-based home theatre solution, you will see the most benefit from this nice little capability.

If you think you recognize the included remote, you do. This is the same model of remote that we saw with the HMX10A.

Installation:
The included software with the HMX20C is the Cyberlink DVD Suite. For people who don't already own editing software, this will get you going into making your own great videos. More advanced users will likely own their own software already to use with this camera.