Canon XH-A1 vs. Canon HV30 side by side

This is a side by side comparison of the two cameras outdoors in overcast lighting. I tried to match the cameras as best as possible. Both were set to daylight balance. The HV30 (being the less tweakable) was set to 'spotlight' scene mode, which allows for 0dB gain. The exposure was manually set for each scene. Out of the box, the XH-A1 exhibits much lower contrast and saturation. So I had to use a custom preset which boosted both (CP2). Both cameras were mounted on a customized bracket that allowed for side-by-side shooting with the lenses adjusted for parallax (as much as possible). No post production filters/enhancements have been added (just a split screen and some background music). Audio was from the XH-A1 shotgun mic (with mic muff).