Score 9.0/10
Sheila, Isle of Man
, “VERY amateur photographer”
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Small and compact so fits easily into a handbag. Looks really good. Not at all complicated so anyone can use it. Has a vast memory. Straight to hard disc so no fiddling around with discs or tapes.
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Battery pack provided is small so larger one needs to be purchased. Camera is still very new so we have not yet used it to it's full capacity. As we gain experience we hope to develop better image quality
38 of 38 people found this review helpful
purchased 23 Feb 2008
Score 10.0/10
Paul , Selby
+
This is an excellent camcorder, the images are great and the camcorder is so easy to use, you just plug it into a PC press one button then it backs up all your films in an instant or you can burn straight to disc to watch on DVD player (dvd burner required). The camcorder is really light and tiny and fits in your hand perfect. Excellent zoom and sound too. RECOMMENED.
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like all camcorders their are some bad points like when you full zoom its really shakey unless youv'e got a tripod but thats happens to even the really expensive one's as well. But thats all.
15 of 15 people found this review helpful
purchased 14 Jun 2008
Score 9.0/10
Martin, Wellingborough
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Very compact ,great zoom, and user friendly.
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none as yet
14 of 14 people found this review helpful
purchased 22 Apr 2008
Score 10.0/10
Brian, Chandlers Ford
, “Old Timer New Tricks”
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Does just what it says on the can! Great product.
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Reviewer left no comment
12 of 12 people found this review helpful
purchased 17 Mar 2008
Score 10.0/10
Colleen , Liverpool
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Easy to use and light enough for your pocket, so you capture and don't miss those magic moments. Have recommended it to my family and now both my daughter and son have bought one.
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Wish it came with a carrying case.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful
purchased 07 Oct 2008
Score 7.0/10
Don, Hampshire
, “Family Man”
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Good Video Quality, light and fairly easy to use.
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Poor picture quality in low light. Battery time is short, additional battery had to be purchased.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful
purchased 20 Sep 2008
Score 8.0/10
linda, chichester
+
easy to use,good quality footage,stylish looking
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slight graining on night use
9 of 9 people found this review helpful
purchased 08 May 2008
Score 8.0/10
Brian, Bradford
, “Im happy with it”
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Software Cd made up for crappy instructions in product manual.
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Instruction manual could be a lot more informative
9 of 9 people found this review helpful
purchased 06 Apr 2008
Score 8.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Very easy to use, above entry level camcorder. This will meet the requirements of most people who simply require a good quality, robust piece of kit for normal everyday recording.
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The image quality is not the best that I have seen but, in terms of cost/benefit, it is a fantastic purchase.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
purchased 20 Sep 2008
Score 8.0/10
david, norwich
, “old but active”
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weight and physical size easy to transfer to pc
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non found yet
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
purchased 12 Sep 2008
Score 9.0/10
Jon, Mold
, “Keen amature photographer”
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Light weight and quite easy to use. The quality of the lens is very good.
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The autofocus can be a bit jittery. Sometimes the image goes out of focus momentarily when an image in the foreground moves.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
purchased 22 Aug 2008
Score 10.0/10
Jo, Willenhall
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Very easy to use, HD memeory means it easy to store footage, no messing with tapes/DVD's
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Image can get a little blurry in very low light but soon refocuses
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
purchased 28 May 2008
Score 6.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
ease of use
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supplied battery length of use is lower than expected
movie type has to be changed using another program to be able to use it with other programs
having to use the camcorder to charge the battery
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
purchased 09 May 2008
Score 10.0/10
Gail, Birmingham
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Cracking little camcorder that is easy to carry around, quick to set up and easy to down load information. The image quality is crystal clear although the sound doesn't pick up too well. Very satisfied and have recommended it to others.
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Ability to pick up sounds.
Battery soon wears down.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
purchased 02 May 2008
Score 10.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Super little light weight camera, good picture quality, easy to use, easy to carry around with you, it's great!
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Not found anything bad to say about this camera
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
purchased 18 Apr 2008
Score 10.0/10
Chris, Liverpool
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The design of the camera is great, its not too heavy, its the right size to carry around. The zoom on the camera is excellent and the picture quality also.
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I dont have any bad points with this camcorder as of yet.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
purchased 09 May 2008
Score 9.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Ease of use, small size, excellent zoom capability.
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None that come to mind.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
purchased 06 Sep 2008
Score 9.0/10
christine , wolverhampton
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nice weight, small and compact. simple to use.
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none for me.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
purchased 12 Apr 2008
Score 9.0/10
Shemek, Harlesden
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very light
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zoom button is not practical
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
purchased 04 Apr 2008
Score 7.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Weight and ease of use
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Battery life could be longer
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
purchased 14 Sep 2008
Score 10.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
small in size light and easy to use agood looking camra
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Reviewer left no comment
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
purchased 28 Sep 2008
Score 9.0/10
sunil, cardiff
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its amazing, very light weight and wonderful make. easy to use, very good picture quality,
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Reviewer left no comment
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
purchased 16 Sep 2008
Score 9.0/10
Simon, Preston
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decent quality in both build and ease of functions, also lightweight and compact
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would like the volume of playback to be a bit louder when reviewing recordings on the viewfinder
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
purchased 14 Sep 2008
Score 10.0/10
melanie, nuneaton
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good quality pictures and light weight
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Reviewer left no comment
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
purchased 13 Sep 2008
Score 8.0/10
A verified purchaser
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I feel that this is a great entry level camera which you can pretty much pick up and start shooting with straight away. The camera itself has a great feel to it and oozes quality and seems sturdy and reliable - which is what I expect from JVC.
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Reviewer left no comment
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
purchased 03 Aug 2008
Score 10.0/10
Geo, Paisley
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light weight and simple to use
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no continous film, each time you stop recording it creates a separate file
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 27 Nov 2008
Score 10.0/10
JK, London
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It is very much worth the money paid. Light weight compact hard disk camcorder with good picture quality and nice features.
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No bad points as of now..
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 05 Dec 2008
Score 10.0/10
binu, southampton
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easy to use and good technology
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nothing
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
purchased 30 Apr 2008
Score 10.0/10
Matthew, Hampton
, “IT student”
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I have never owned a cam corder. I have used a very old model tape drive vhs cam corder. I bought this as a gift for my lady for crimbo. It is immaculate. Lightweight, easy on the wrist and the functions are a doddle to understand. The software instals in no time to Vista or XP and uploading from the HDD on the camcorder to the HDD on the system couldn't be any simpler. For the price and with a 30Gb HDD, perfect!!
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I can't honestly say I've found any yet!
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 05 Dec 2008
Score 9.0/10
Lee, DERBYSHIRE
, “camcorder beginner.”
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Very easy to use,light and very cheap.
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Non so far.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 11 Oct 2008
Score 9.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Very easy to use with good battery life. Light enough for a pocket or hand-bag. Looks the business, too.
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Supplied archiving software is easy to install and use but has a visual interface better suited to a 7 year old than an adult. Some GUI options more suited to adults would be nice.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 13 Sep 2008
Score 9.0/10
A verified purchaser
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really simple to use.good picture quality.
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Reviewer left no comment
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 20 Jul 2008
Score 10.0/10
David, Swanley
, “I'm not technically minded”
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It's brilliant lightweight and so easy to use
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as far as I'm concerned their are no bad points
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 14 Jul 2008
Score 9.0/10
karen, folkestone
+
very easy to use bright clear video as light as a feather
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need to have two batteries on hand but great over all
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 07 Jul 2008
Score 10.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
small, handy, compact, good quality images.
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a bigger battery would be better.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 14 Jun 2008
Score 8.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
EXCELLENT VALUE AND GOOD ENTRY LEVEL SPECIFICATION
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NONE SO FAR
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 08 Dec 2008
Score 10.0/10
Gerald, Wirral
, “Not technically minded”
+
I bought this product for my wife as a Christmas present, she is not very technical and wanted a cam corder she could point and shoot. "It does what it says"
The recordings she has made so far of our grand daughter are excellent and when played back through the TV are DVD quality.
I have only scored the battery as a 5 as we have not had the camcorder long enough to see how the battery performs. The one supplied with the camera has a rlatively short life compared with some of the more expensive batteries you can purchase seperately. I am positive the battery given longer would also score 10.
All in all an excellent product
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None found so far
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 06 Dec 2008
Score 9.0/10
Linda, London
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The price, the size, the hours you get, just got back from Disney World Florida have plenty of footage of my 6 year old having a wonderful time.
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The zoom facility found acess to it a bit akward while filming.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 02 Dec 2008
Score 9.0/10
Paul, Larne
, “Enthusiastic amateur”
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Beautifully compact, excellent zoom lens, picture quality very good for standard definition, battery life excellent even though supplied battery is very small. Red finish is exquisite adding to the solid quality feel.
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Laser touch can be a bit unresponsive, Supplied software is next to useless, .mod files are best converted to .mpg before editing.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 06 Dec 2008
Score 8.0/10
darren, melksham
, “camera shy”
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very easy to use,easy to set up ,very compact and lightweight,a great little package
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none really maybe battery life but can always buy larger battery for it
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 29 Nov 2008
Score 10.0/10
Ian, Weybridge surrey
, “Fairly experienced user”
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I can't fault this camera. Hardly had to refer to the manual! Automatic shutter would have been nice but it even warns you if you forget. Can even see the screen in Florida sunshine.
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Honestly can't think of any at present.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 21 Nov 2008
Score 5.0/10
claire, plymouth
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Reviewer left no comment
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picture quality very poor with indoor use
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 09 Nov 2008
Score 9.0/10
Duncan, Cleethorpes
+
I cannot fault the MG330R camcorder in any way.
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No bad points.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 22 Aug 2008
Score 8.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Lightweight, easy to use
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Not great in low light
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 03 Aug 2008
Score 10.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Lightweight. Easy to use. Excellent image quality. Very good replay facilities.
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The touhc-scrolling does not always respon at the first touch.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 22 Jul 2008
Score 9.0/10
A verified purchaser
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Light. Easy to use. Good image stabilizer. Fast auto-focussing. Large zoom range.
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No tally. No microphone input.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 28 Jul 2008
Score 10.0/10
john , hull
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i`ve had a couple of comcorders in the past but this is the best so far.
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none
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 04 Jul 2008
Score 10.0/10
Jim, Rotherham
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Small, light, easy to use.
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The manual and explanation of how to us some of the functions was poor. Also I found the buttons a bit small, but my fingers may be a bit big!
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 10 Jun 2008
Score 10.0/10
Hurley, Hornchurch, Essex
+
I love it because compare to my previous camcorder it is very light and very modern.
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The only thing I did not like about it when I was using it at my daughter's sports day the battery run out on me.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
purchased 15 Jun 2008
Score 8.0/10
John, South Shields
, “technophobe, ”
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Light, easy to use, excellent battery life
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touch switches can be fiddly
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 15 Dec 2008
Score 9.0/10
John, Sheffield
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Nice and compact,easy to use and very good value for money compared to other similar spec.products.
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Supplied battery life a bit short.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 09 Dec 2008
Score 8.0/10
john , dundonald
+
it is easy an simple to use
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not found any yet
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 08 Dec 2008
Score 9.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Ease of use
Picture quality
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None found yet
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 22 Nov 2008
Score 10.0/10
A verified purchaser
, “exellent value for money”
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 28 Nov 2008
Al, Chorley
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Very easy to use and lightweight. Great for family occasions. Storage capacity fairly good. Seems to pick up audio well. Easy TV playback.
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Need to use software when on pc to access footage. May be less awkward than it seems but on first impressions a drawback. Would only use on highest resolution.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 04 Dec 2008
Score 9.0/10
STEVE, RUNCORN
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EASY TO USE SMALL & LIGHT
VALUE FOR MONEY
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NONE AS YET
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 02 Dec 2008
Score 9.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
easy to use, does exactly what it says it will do,
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None
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 26 Nov 2008
Score 8.0/10
A verified purchaser
, “Excited new parents”
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Very easy to use, just open the screen, point and shoot. Small and lightweight. Perfect for our first camcorder.
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Focusing problems occasionally. Short battery life.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 23 Nov 2008
Score 9.0/10
colin, holywell
+
small and simple to use
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would like to see a kit including case
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 30 Nov 2008
Score 10.0/10
Graham, Derbyshire
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Bought for my son for Xmas and haven't found any problems with it at all yet. Far better picture quality than we thought it would be for the price.... even in low light.
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None yet.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 30 Nov 2008
Score 7.0/10
alan, banbury
, “OVER 60”
+
HARDRIVE GOOD
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NO VIEWFINDER
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 27 Nov 2008
Score 9.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
The camcorder is small and easy to use. It produces a good picture quality.
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I though the camera had different AE programmes but haven't found any.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 18 Jun 2008
Score 10.0/10
steven, basingstoke
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lightweight and easy to use
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no light
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 19 Nov 2008
Score 10.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Simple and easy to use, size `allows ease of carrying
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None
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 11 Nov 2008
Score 8.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Lightweight - easy operation - all neccesary buttons within good reach of basic grip. Simplistic functionality with enough content for a basic everyday filmaker.
Plenty of storage space for recordings with a recording quality selection allowing high quality or low quality images. Storage sapce will alter in accordnace with needs.
Upoloads are of superb clarity and enhanced if you have a matching HD monitor or TV. With the USB - it's a simple plug and play - no need to use JVC software included if you have a video or player package already installed
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Standard cell battery with only a couple hours of life. Okay for most needs but would benefit from having a handy second battery if out for a full day.
Movie format is a .MOV which works on most components but not all. I had difficulty running the films on my work laptop using Windows XP via Powerpoint Presentation. Also my MP3 didn't have the necessary driver for this format - only .WMV
Not a major fault but something to bare in mind
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 05 Nov 2008
Score 9.0/10
Glenn, Northampton
+
my wife bought me this camcorder and its great . its small enough to fit in your pocket the touch screen is esay to use .
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none
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 06 Nov 2008
Score 9.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
weight and controls
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no remote
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 13 Sep 2008
Score 9.0/10
John, Weston Super Mare
+
Very light & compact plus really easy to use even the missus love it and can use it.
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None so far
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 06 Sep 2008
Score 9.0/10
Neil, Kenley
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size and ease of use
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Reviewer left no comment
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 22 Jul 2008
Score 7.0/10
Derek, Fife
, “a gadget fan”
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Great quality of video and picture, very easy to use.i don't even think i needed the instructions.
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very poor battery life if used often.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 12 Jul 2008
Score 10.0/10
Chris, Grimsby
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Very light and small can be put in the smallest of bags.You don't need to take out a camera aswell because this does both and both very good quality
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none
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 25 Jun 2008
Score 8.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Very easy to use with simple operations and menu's
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Still can't work out why the battery runs down in three or four days
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 16 Jun 2008
Score 7.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Does what I wanted
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Better software for imaging etc would be preferable
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 06 Jun 2008
Score 10.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Reviewer left no comment
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no flash no control remote
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 08 May 2008
Score 10.0/10
Hayley, Suffolk
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very compact & light, easy to use, no need for tapes which was one of the reasons we bought this, so less extra gear to carry around while on holiday :)
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cant think of any
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 27 Dec 2008
Score 8.0/10
michael, belfast
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fast start up easy operation, light and compact
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poor speed of focus and images in low lighting
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 13 Dec 2008
Score 9.0/10
A verified purchaser
, “Basic user”
+
Very light and very easy to use. We only required a basic HDD Camera and this one is highly recommended.
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None as yet!
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 18 Dec 2008
Score 9.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
After reading reviews thought that this camcorder would be along the lines of 'you get what you pay for' but pleasantly surprised.
More than adequate for what we bought it for - Christmas/holidays/family occasions
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Images not as good in low light and still image quality not so good but we didn't buy it for this
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 13 Dec 2008
Score 9.0/10
Barbara, Chorley
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It just fits in my handbag.
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Battery ran down very quickly.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 14 Dec 2008
Score 9.0/10
Sean, Derry
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small, light and good screen and easy to use
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very poor picture in bad light (perhaps need to change settings)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 16 Dec 2008
Score 8.0/10
Stu , Luton
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light easy to use product, good picture quality in good light conditions. very easy and quick to backup from camcorder to dvd
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average picture quality in medium light conditions
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 30 Nov 2008
Score 10.0/10
Matthew , Brownhills UK
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IT'S BRILLIANT
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There are NO Bad Points at all about this product.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 11 Oct 2008
Score 8.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
small and compact
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Oblong screen, prefer one a bit more square
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 16 Sep 2008
Score 10.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
very east to use clear images
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none
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 15 Sep 2008
Score 9.0/10
A verified purchaser
, “professional and kindhearted”
+
easy to use, light and small enough for handbags
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image quality could be improved
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 31 Jul 2008
Score 10.0/10
Richard, Rainham, Kent
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Very easy to use, light weight.
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Shakes when using the zoom, downloading takes time.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 03 Aug 2008
Score 10.0/10
Jacqui, Norton
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Small and easy to hold and handle
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Reviewer left no comment
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 13 Aug 2008
Score 9.0/10
Robert, Hitchin
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Its small and light and very easy to use for recording. Have not yet tried to copy files so cannot comment on this.
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Most times you need to use it two handed for the various controls.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 18 Jul 2008
Score 9.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
good zoom,fits in the pocket easy, and very easy to use good quality video
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it's a shame you cannot edit on the camera its self other wise exellent
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 07 Jul 2008
Score 9.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Lightweight compact and really easy to use.
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Reviewer left no comment
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 07 Jul 2008
Score 10.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
easy to use and lightweight
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Reviewer left no comment
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 06 Jul 2008
Score 10.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
Very light, easy to operate,No bulky carrying,
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None found yet.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 07 Jul 2008
Score 9.0/10
Sarah, Redcar
, “Busy mum of four”
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Small, Light, compact and easy to use !
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Haven't come across any yet !
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 07 Jul 2008
Score 9.0/10
Dave, Surbiton
, “pleased with the camera”
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Small, easy to use clear images with still shot capability.
Easy to down load and edit
Quality product
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No light for indoors and night - but knew that when it was bought
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 04 Jul 2008
Score 10.0/10
john, fotr william
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very easy to use
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none i can think of
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 30 Jun 2008
Score 9.0/10
A verified purchaser
+
A nice light weight camera. Quick and easy to use.
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Reviewer left no comment
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 25 Jun 2008
Score 10.0/10
Deborah, Derbyshire
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Excellent zoom. very easy to use.
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Reviewer left no comment
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 26 Jun 2008
Score 10.0/10
Sandra, Rotherham
+
The camcorder is light and easy to use,we are delighted with it.
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None
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 19 Jun 2008
Score 10.0/10
John, Bangor
+
Size/weight, ease of use, amount of time it can record for
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Reviewer left no comment
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 18 Jun 2008
Score 10.0/10
Tracy, Kent
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Smart, Light little camera. SO easy to use. Looks Really Good.
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Hd video isn't too great
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 15 Jun 2008
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