Samsung VP-DC172W reviews: DVD storage SD camcorder
+ This camcorder has no outstanding positive points. - It scores poorly on battery life.
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Most helpful reviewsRon, Birkenhead
- Good points:
- Easy to use and light to handle.
- Bad points:
- A little difficulty getting the dual layer RW dvd's.
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Confirmed purchase: 28 Mar 2008
Confirmed purchaser bargain hunter
- Good points:
- bargain
- Bad points:
- battery life not the best
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Confirmed purchase: 25 Mar 2008
Confirmed purchaser
- Good points:
- Good price at the time . disc are easy to get hold of now,
- Bad points:
- May soon be coming to its end of production line, hard to transfer images to other STORAGE FILES
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Confirmed purchase: 22 Mar 2008
Confirmed purchaser
- Good points:
- No bad points, small in size but big in quality. Easy to use, a dream to take on holiday for those special moments
- Bad points:
- Reviewer left no comment
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Confirmed purchase: 10 Jun 2008
Confirmed purchaser
- Good points:
- small, good zoom
- Bad points:
- image quality,battery life
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Confirmed purchase: 09 Jun 2008
Mohammad, Twickenham, London not happy
- Good points:
- light weight and easy to operate
- Bad points:
- excessive vibration in final recording, hence bad picture quality
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Confirmed purchase: 02 Jun 2008
Product Features
| Resolution quality | SD |
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| 3D | No |
| Optical zoom ratio | 34 |
| Media format | DVD |
| Shape of camcorder | Horizontally held |
| Digital zoom ratio | 1200 |
| Type of image stabiliser | Electronic |
| Widescreen recording | Yes |
| Weight (g) | 360 |
| Screen size (Inches) | 2.7 |
| Type of chip | CCD |
| Release date | 2007-04-13 |
Also known as: SAMSUNG VPDC172W+, Samsung VP DC172W, Samsung VPDC172W
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Anton, Crawley
Score 6.0/10Confirmed purchase: 30 Mar 2008