Sony DCRTRV250 Digital8 Camcorder with 2.5" LCD, USB Streaming and Remote
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Customer Review: Simply Amazing! Unbeatable product for the price!
Summary: 5 Stars
Great quality, comfortable, easy operation. Wonderful night shoot feature. Amazing zoom power. Very handy remote control (Beware of TRV260 model that doesnt come with remote and still costs much more!) A great buy at this price. I love the thin and wide mode too, it is fun.
Customer Review: Transfers to CP are jittery and jumpy
Summary: 2 Stars
The camera takes excellent video. The picture and sound are crisp and clear-- even when played on my big screen Hitachi Hi Def TV (the picture is not hi def, of course, but still looks marvelous). 5 stars on picture and sound.The problem is transfering video to my PC. I've tried both USB 1.1 (using both a USB 1.1 and 2.0 cable into a 2.0 connection) and Firewire cable. It is jittery and jumpy. It looks like old 8mm film and not clear and crisp like it does direct to the television. 2 stars on video capture.
Which brings me to Sony's video software. It is, well, hideous. No clue how to use it. It comes with no real instructions, only on what all the buttons are but not how to use them. Worse, I can't designate where I want the captured video to go (I can't select the drive. Rather than capturing the video to my 120 G external hard drive, it will only capture to my 10 G internal. This is obviously a problem. 0 stars for video software, which also acts to capture. Perhaps I should go 0 stars on video capture also?
Sony, you must do better than this. The camera itself is great. Everything else stinks.
Customer Review: Its Brilliant if you have a firewire cable
Summary: 5 Stars
The sony dcr250 is a great price for a great camcorder. It has very high quality video and 5.1 suround sound (If you have a extra speakers atached to your tv). Its only when it comes to putting it onto your pc where theres a problem if you dont have a firewire cable and port then its crap but hay it only costs 20 pounds from Amozon and it really easy to install. When or if you have got the firewire it is 100% perfect. So overall a great camara rubbish usb streaming but perfect when you use a I link 1394 (firewire). Thanks Amazon its alot cheaper here.Customer Review: Poor reliability
Summary: 2 Stars
The camcorder is nice, with accpetable picture quality. However mine started giving error c:31:42 just after 7 months, though I haven't used much. I checked the mannual and it states that the error codes starting with the letter 'c' can be fixed by users.I followed the possible solutions but wasn't able too fix the problem. I called sony they told me that it needs service and they will charge US $216 for labor.
This is totally unacceptable for a camcorder which is worth around $330.
I just can't believe that a company like sony is charging 2/3 of the original price to fix an error which according to their own mannual can be fixed by users. I would now think twice before buying any sony product.
My advice is to buy an extended warranty when you buy a sony camcorder or look for a differnt brand like samsung etc.
Customer Review: great camera, poor docuumentation.
Summary: 4 Stars
I found this camera to be very good, for the money. But the manual indicates that it can record from an analog source - which you can't.