JVC GZ-HD300 Reviews: JVC microSD Card storage HD camcorder

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Score: 8.6/10

19 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This camcorder has no outstanding positive points. - It scores poorly on battery life. “Easy to handle, small a wonderful picture quality zoom is excellent. bought this…” Kathy, High Wycombe View all 19 real customer reviews

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Real customer reviews

19 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
97% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (19)
Battery life6.9
Ease of use8.6
Image quality8.6
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.9
Weight9.2
Overall rating8.6
Just point and shoot (3)
Keen amateur (3)
Experienced amateur (1)
Other (12)
 

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Score 10.0/10

Kathy, High Wycombe

+ Easy to handle, small a wonderful picture quality zoom is excellent. Bought this camera to go on safari our film is just superb. very pleased with this camera.

- none

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24 of 29 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

WAYNE, BARNSLEY YORKSHIRE , “Keen amateur” More like this »

+ VERY LIGHT, EASY TO USE, GREAT QUALITY, LARGE BUILT IN MEMORY

- NO SEPERATE CHARGER, SPARE BATTERIES VERY EXPENSIVE

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Joanne, Dundee

+ Nice light camera easy to use.

- none

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7 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Jun 2009

Score 10.0/10

Peter, Chester

+ Great look, easy to use and doesn't require endless hours reading the manual. Wife can use it also without any explanation, which is a bonus!

- Need a suitable carrying case that will protect it if dropped.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jul 2009

Score 8.0/10

Malcolm, Poole , “Experienced amateur”

+ Image quality actually better than a Professional video camera which I had many years ago.
Small and light weight and just slips into a pocket in my main camera bag.
Fast switch on time, can be left on standby.
Video and stills can be recorded on separate media and downloaded separately, eg: Video to hard disc and stills to memory card.

- Supplied battery charge life is too short to be practical. Manufacturer's batteries are available with greater capacity, even twice as much, but they are very expensive. Generic items require a power cable to connect to the camera and so are not ideal. Leaving switched on (standby) runs battery down without it being noticed.
The touch sensor is a slight gimmick which removes the need for moving parts but is not as easy to use as something like a touchpad.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Maureen, Wolverhampton , “Just point and shoot” More like this »

+ It is very light and feels good in your hand

- I think it will be easy to use once I get used to it. Battery didn't seem to last as long as I thought it would

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purchased 15 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Victor, Great Wakering , “Keen amateur” More like this »

+ close up focus
no lens cap to bother about

- battery price
Battery charge point cover

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purchased 29 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Ken, Coalville , “Keen amateur” More like this »

+ Easy to use menu and controls with plenty of memory.

- Perhaps not many features such as my previous JVC had.

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purchased 31 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ I would class myself in the point and shoot group and with a good price on this from Dixons, this has done exactly what I needed. Easy to use, good image quality.

- None so far

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purchased 12 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Steve, Ramsgate , “Just point and shoot” More like this »

+ Point and shoot, its that easy!
Excellent picture and a very good Zoom.

- The battery life could be longer between recharges.
But there are higher capacity batteries available.

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purchased 20 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

mariusz, basingstoke

+ good size,good look,good price, allmost everything is really good

- all movies are recorded likedifrients movies, there are not contiuned

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purchased 19 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Mike, East Yorkshire

+ 20x zoom very good

- battery life could be better

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purchased 13 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ easy to use, good videos

- very very poor battery life, image quality poor in low light, almost no image in very poor light

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purchased 24 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Colin, Eastbourne

+ Haven't used it much yet

- Reviewer left no comment

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0 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Sep 2009

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Product Features

Resolution Quality HD
Optical Zoom Ratio 20
Media Format microSD Card
Media Format microSDHC Card
Digital Zoom Ratio 200
Image Stabilisation Yes
resolution (Megapixel) 3.05
Resolution (Pixels) 1920x1080
Manual Focus Yes
Dimensions (mm) 53x68x113
Weight (g) 325
Docking Station No
Monitor Resolution (pixels) 123000
Screen Size in Inches 2.7
16:9 Recording Format Yes
USB Port Yes
Hard Disk Capacity in GB 60
Remote Control Yes
Waterproof No
Digital Still Photography Yes
Night Recording Yes

Also known as: JVC GZHD300, GZ-HD300, Everio GZ-HD300, JVC Everio GZ-HD300, JVC GZ-HD300BEK

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Manufacturer's Description

Ultra-compact Full HD HDD/microSD hybrid camcorder featuring 24Mbps High bit rate Recording, with KONICA MINOLTA HD LENS, 60GB HDD for up to 25 hours of Full HD AVCHD recording, 1920×1080/50P output, and face detection.


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