JVC GZ-MG330R Everio G series Hard Disk Camcorder - Ruby Red Reviews

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I was very impressed with the quality and size of this cam. Though it lacks a lot of features of higher priced cameras, it makes up for it with size and ease of use. The biggest feature that is missing is the ability to manually control focusing and other features, but at the same time you can pull it out of a large pocket, open the cameras screen and start recording within just a few seconds. The 30 gig hard drive is enough to hold a ton of video. from Amazon.com Easy to use with good professional quality videos. The still shots are not as good as a digital camera designed solely for that use. from Amazon.com Love the hard drive camera. Has a lot of good features. from Amazon.com I bought this camera to make home videos of my kids. I am not at all a professional videographer but the image quality of this camera leaves a lot to be desired, very grainy even in adequate lighting. The camera is very small and sleek, LCD screen very clear but the images on my computer were not, which is way more important. from Amazon.com It is so small that I wonder why it is so expensive. Also, the features that should decrease the price value of this camcorder are: no night vision (come on! this comes standard on camcorders now!), battery life is a horrible 1 hour and 50 minutes, videos recorded on ultra fine video quality gives you about 7 hours of space, so plan on having a computer to back up your movies all the time so you can have more space if you record on this setting which isn't all that great to begin with! Also, here is another horrible feature, you can only record in MOD format and Windows Media Player, the most default video player around, does not recognize that file. from Amazon.com I can't understand why anyone would give this camera any more than one star. I can get a better picture out of my 50 year old 8mm than this junk they call a camera. from Amazon.com As a producer on public access cable, I needed to eventaully get my own equipment to film my shows. Long story short, I ran into the HDD series of camcorders and then to JCV. from Amazon.com We looked around a long time for a good camcorder with a hard disk drive for a price under $500. The Everio GZ-MG330 gives us that. from Amazon.com This JVC is everything you want in a camcorder - small, powerful, easy to use, technically sound. I bought this because we had one at the church and I liked it when I used it for events. from Amazon.com This little things packs a wallop. The built-in hard drive is certainly a step up from the last camera I had (it was an 8mm). The only disappointment was there is no night vision. from Amazon.com

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Released	1 year ago
Recording Format	HDD Flash Media
LCD Panel Size	2.7 in.
Image Stabilizer	Digital Image Stabilizer
Input Interfaces	S-Video Composite (Video) Audio (RCA)
Audio Format	5.1 Surround Sound AC-3 (2 Channels)
Battery Life	1.83 Hours
Battery Type	Proprietary Lithium
Depth	4.69 in. 2.19 in. 4.5 in.
Digital Still Shot Mode	With Still Shot Capability
Digital Zoom	800x
Display Type	With LCD Panel
Family Line	JVC GZ JVC Everio GZ
Filter Diameter	30.5 mm
HDD Size	30 GB
Height	2.68 in. 2.69 in.
Included Accessories	Software USB Cable A/V Cable Shoulder Strap Lithium Propriety Battery AC Power Adapter Remote Control Battery Pack
Lens Focal Length	2.2 - 77 mm
MPEG Movie Mode	With MPEG Movie Mode
MPEG Movie Mode Resolution	720 x 480 352 x 240
MPN	GZ-MG330R GZ-MG330HEX GZ-MG465BUS
Max Still Image Size	1152 x 864 640 x 480
Memory Card Type	MicroSD
Memory Still Resolution	1 Megapixels 0.31 Megapixels
Microphone Type	Installed Internal
Number of Pixels	1070K pixels 680K pixels
Optical Zoom	32x 35x
Output Interfaces	S-Video Composite (Video) Audio (RCA) USB 2.0 FireWire / DV / i.Link
Recording System	NTSC
Release Date	January, 2008
Sensor Quantity	1
Sensor Size	1/6"
UPC	46838032639 411378090089 411378090218
Weight	694.46 lb. 0.7 lb. 0.69 lb.
Width	2.13 in. 4.69 in. 2.19 in.

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