Reviewed by Pete Singh
, Intermediate
, from Texas
Price Paid $800.00
at Circuit City
Summary buy it only if you are going to use it for a year or two. After that you will never buy JVC again since they are prone to have "EO4 error and unsafe mode Errors" whish are caused due to the use of any tape that is not JVC.
Strengths good for 2 years or till warranty runs out
Summary I liked the features, outputs, and dual mode video/still when I bought it. Was very disappointed with the digital still function. Even on best quality the pictures are useless, even on computer screen. The video image quality was great in good light. In lower light settings, the auto focus constantly adjusted from focused to blurry and back. Drove me nuts watching videos of my baby as it would blur and focus constantly. Also had a high pitched hum during playback of tapes. I returned it to Costco and am looking into something else. Kind of disappointed with Costco's selection, only JVC brand right now. I don't think I want another JVC product.
Strengths Video quality was good. Compact, light weight
Weaknesses Digital stills are useless, battery life less than 45 minutes, had trouble with connection to computer. Would work sometimes and not others.
Similar Products Used Sony Hi 8
Customer Service Costco is the only place to buy electronics. No high dollar warranties to buy. They will take anything back if you have a problem with it.
Reviewed by kevin
, Intermediate
, from winthrop, me, usa
Summary It may be a nice camera got mine through hsn for 649.00 the software included is for win 95/98 I'm running win ME was told by JVC that a patch could be downloaded . didn't seem to help .still having problems like everyone else with software.I'm sending it back
Strengths None
Weaknesses software is useless,battery only last 30 min. manuals difficult to understand.
Reviewed by benjamin
, Intermediate
, from brussels
Summary Good solid little camera. Those who complain about it I think had the wrong expectation (megapixel pics, video download w/o firewire card, etc.)
Picture is very nice on your TV and also nice to edit (if you have a fire wire card and a 60 GB hard drive!) The software included with my firewire card was more than adequate for basic video editing.
Strengths low price, big screen, very decent picture.
Weaknesses battery life is too short Switch to chose where to store still shots (flash card or tape) is akwardly positioned. Macro is not wide enough, seems like a 50mm lens in a reflex camera. Special effects cannot realistically be selected while filming (menu is too complex)
Similar Products Used sony analog camcorder. Polaroid still camera. Sony controls are more intuitive, but not worth the $500 extra in my view
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