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Sony Handycam DCRTRV350 Digital8 Camcorder

  • Style: Horizontal
  • Optical Zoom: 20 X
  • Digital Zoom: 700 X
  • Screen Size: 2.5 in
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars (12 reviews)
 
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    User review from

    Shopzilla

    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) The super-duper-not-going-to-break-the-budget-camera-for-all
      by PaytonByrd, Feb. 9, 2004
    • Pros: Convert analog to digital. Great picture. Very low motor noi
    • Cons: Heavy, power hungry, and 8mm can only store 1 hour of digita
    • Has Owned Product: 7 months
    • Comments:
      I'm no videophile. Sure, I refuse to use analog cable and have a DVR built into my satelite receiver. I have a computer hooked up to my living room TV because I like to play games and music videos on it. I even have my TV hooked up to my stereo so that al...
     

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    • Product Rating: 4 star(s) Overall good camera not a good picture quality
      by Gigi, Nov. 10, 2003
    • Pros: Many options for a digital camera overall a good investment
    • Cons: Play back video clip from memory stick, picture is very poor
    • Has Owned Product: 3 years
    • Comments:
      The Sony Handycam will make a nice investment. I take a lot of pictures of my kids and I'm able to send them to relatives through e-mail. It's great to share still images as well as little video clips. It's fun and easy to use. There is a con to this...
     

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    • Product Rating: 3 star(s) good enough vs others for the price
      by jun tuan, Jul. 19, 2003
    • Pros: packed features not avail. in other cams, reasonable pricing
    • Cons: still camera is blurry & has poor quality resolution
    • Has Owned Product: 12 days
    • Comments:
      i was looking for a camcorder w/digital camera. after a month of choosing & research, i found this the most reasonable w/packed features. the only concern is that the digital camera has poor resolution so pictures appear blurry. the option - "fine quality...
     

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    Shopzilla

    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) Excellent for any dv guy, starting out!
      by Mike "M:\>", Jul. 19, 2003
    • Pros: Excellent Value, Analogue 8mm support, Analogue Line In, etc
    • Cons: Rubbish Quality 1394 cover, lens cap = fall off easily! :-)
    • Has Owned Product: 5 months
    • Comments:
      This is an excellent camera. The image quality is excellent when played back on a Standard definition television, and even looks decent when previewing in full 720x480 @ 29.97hz on a computer. (EG: emac 800 w\ iMovie 3.) It is certanly equivlent to what i...
     

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    Shopzilla

    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) A Good Buy
      by Dave, Jul. 12, 2003
    • Pros: Excellent Features such as Super Night Shot & USB Streaming
    • Cons: Grainy Still Photos captured off film or live.
    • Has Owned Product: 3 months
    • Comments:
      Easy to use and flexible. Creative features such as scene faders and Various digital effects allow you to create videos to suit anyones tastes and styles. We've had a lot of fun shooting in the "Old Movie" format that reproduces your image in a sepia to...
     

    User review from

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    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) Sony is Sony
      by Online Shopper, Jun. 20, 2003
    • Pros: quality picture and easy to use
    • Cons: less than 1Mpix still immage
    • Has Owned Product: 1 month
    • Comments:
      Agree with the previous user on all counts except for the microphone. When reviewing taped material hooked on Sony stereo TV, my Digital 8 camcorder provided excellent sound. ...
     

    User review from

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    • Product Rating: 4 star(s) Great features, one negative.
      by Online Shopper, May. 2, 2003
    • Pros: Excellent features and picture.
    • Cons: VERY poor microphone.
    • Has Owned Product: 5 weeks
    • Comments:
      I needed a digital camera that would play my old analog 8 mm tapes. I also wanted one that could be useful for e-mails. This camera fills the bill wonderfully. My only complaint is that the sound volume is so low that I returned the first camera thinki...
     

    Professional review from

    cnet.com

    • Product Rating: 3.2 star(s) Sony DCR-TRV350
      by Rob McGee
    • Pros: Inexpensive alternative to MiniDV; analog-to-digital conversion; stop-motion and time-lapse modes; USB streaming.
    • Cons: Bulkier than most MiniDV models; black-and-white viewfinder; bottom-loading cassette.
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    Professional review from

    cnet.com

    • Product Rating: 3.2 star(s) Sony DCR-TRV350
      by Rob McGee
    • Pros: Inexpensive alternative to MiniDV; analog-to-digital conversion; stop-motion and time-lapse modes; USB streaming.
    • Cons: Bulkier than most MiniDV models; black-and-white viewfinder; bottom-loading cassette.
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    Professional review from

    camcorderinfo.com

    • Product Rating: 3 star(s) Sony DCR-TRV350 Camcorder Review
      by Robin Liss
    • Comments:
      The Sony DCR-TRV350 is Sony's highest end Digital8 camcorder selling for around $500. The DCR-TRV350 includes a small CCD which means that it produces pretty disappointing video images and low light performance. The DCR-TRV350 is an upgraded model over th...
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