does it have an external microphone?
1283594
It does not come with an external microphone. Like most camcorders, it has a built-in microphone. But, there are a few external microphones for this camcorder model for sale on Amazon. Here is one: http://www.amazon.com/Canon-VIXIA-Camcorder-External-Microphone/dp/B00CDY5DMG/ref=sr_1_12?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1407768189&sr=1-12&keywords=external+microphone+canon+vixia+hg20
1283595
It does not come with an external microphone. Like most camcorders, it has a built-in microphone. But, there are a few external microphones for this camcorder model for sale on Amazon. Here is one: Canon VIXIA HG20 Camcorder External Microphone
1283596
The camera has a microphone, a standar one that's incorporated to the camera.
706832
It does not have external speakers, you can use head phones. It has a built in microphone, it has low, medium, and high sensitive settings for the microphone.
1664119
It does not have external speakers, I bought an external blue tooth speaker that is works with perfectly!
2158036
Yes, has a built-in microphone. I played with it a little bit, but have not used it and have not had a conversation with someone to tell you about the call quality or the clarity.
1567261
There is no microphone jack. You will need a USB adapter in order to use an external microphone, such as one for a headset.
757417
Rueben,It comes with an external mike. The cord is pretty long, don't recall exactly but more than 6 ft.
1728774
Yes it does have an external microphone and yes it is built-in for bluetooth calls. It works perfectly fine with my Nokia phone.
146290
From my research, it does not have an external microphone jack. Some reviews I've found: http://www.t3.com/reviews/cameras/camcorders/panasonic-hm-ta1-review
1497380
yes it has microphone. You can use it as headset to make/receive calls from Bluetooth phones (iPhone etc.).
1910064
They a little,i.e. fabric rubbing sounds and no option for an external mic. But it was acceptable to me however I returned it. It is very small and nice, but no external mic and the buttons area little difficult to use for the cost of the unit. High quality device and pretty good sound on internal speaker but headphones better. How this helps.
1405925
No, it doesn't have input for external mic. Also, please see my review for the camera. We had a problem with ours in that the battery didn't hold charge more than 30 minutes. I actually returned these and bought some panasonic cameras which did keep battery charge and came with AC adapter, everything.
979724
has both internal mic and an external mic jack. I have not tried the external jack though.
935095
comes with built-in microphone, but you have the option of adding an external one also. With in-operation chose of which one you want to use
1306529
Yes it does it has a external and internal mic but I only used the internal I don't know how well the external mic will work
1675745
It has a built in mic that isn't very good quality. It also has a combined headphone/mic jack for an external mic.
83299
No, there is no built-in microphone. You can setup an external one with it which has an audio cable linker there.
1499604
If by "direct recording" you mean a plug for an external microphone, yes it does have one. Otherwise I don't understand what you mean by "direct recording"