The JVC GR-DF550 features a 1/4.5 inch CCD with 1.33 MP. This is substantially better than the 1/6 inch (680K) CCD found on nearly every other one of JVC’s one-chip camcorders this year. On top of that, the JVC GR-DF550 (and every other Ultra-Compact camcorder) features the 3D Noise reduction technology of last year’s one-chip camcorders. All of this goes into making the GR-DF550 probably the best of JVC’s one-chip camcorders this year.