Panasonic PV-DV200 Digital Camcorder

Amazon.com Product Description

The Panasonic PV-DV200 digital camcorder's 18x high-definition zoom and 300x digital zoom allow for clear close-ups. If you are worried about shooting conditions, there are five modes of autoexposure to help you get the right shot. With the PhotoVu Link you can transfer still images on the Mini DV tape via a serial cable to your PC. This camcorder offers several editing features. You can apply digital effects in both record and playback modes. If you want to add music, the PCM stereo feature allows you to add new audio while maintaining existing audio. A built-in digital still camera provides multiple options for producing still photos.

Customer Reviews:

Good Camcorder.......2002-04-02

Like most purchasers of camcorders, I had my first child last August. Thus, I decided to buy a camcorder to take hours of video that I will never watch again. On the other hand, if I didn't buy a camcorder, I would be a horrible parent, right?

Anyways, I did a fair amount of research online and in print (Consumers Reports). I finally decided to purchase the Panasonic PVDV201, based on the recommendations of several electronics salespeople. However, I spent quite a bit of time testing this camcorder. The PVDV200 is quite similar to the PVDV201.

First, the PV-DV200 is a MiniDV format digital camcorder. The Digital8 camcorders (generally sold by Sony) are a little cheaper for the tapes. On the other hand, the camcorders are a bit larger and a fair bit heavier. If you have old 8mm tapes you want to replay on a camcorder, Digital8 is probably the format for you. This was my first camcorder, so I went with the MiniDV format because of the weight difference, and also because the picture quality seemed a bit better.

One caveat about the PV-DV200: The digital zoom requires you to press a separate button, which is a bit awkward. That being said, it is rare (in my experience) that you will need zoom power in excess of 18X, which the 200 provides. The digital zoom is a bit of a marketing ploy. (By the way, the PVDV201 provides 20X optical zoom, a bit better) I found this camcorder to be a high quality starter camcorder in the digital format, for a very reasonable price.

A few concerns: (1) the digital still photos are good for e-
mails, nothing more; and (2) the PVDV201 is a newer model and, oddly, cheaper.

Excellent DV camera for the $$.......2002-02-10

... So far, the results are quite nice. Camera is easy to use, with simple auto modes for exposure, etc.

Menu's are a bit cryptic, but easy to get to learn.

Outstanding features: Compatible with Apple's iMove with no drivers needed. Simple and quite operation.

Negative Features: Not the best low light useability (although not bad).

I definately would reccomend this camera to a friend.

Very good camera for the price.......2000-12-27

I just got this about a week ago. It is an excellent camera for the price. There are other cameras that do more, but for most people, most of the time, this camcorder fits the bill. Very light, and easy to use. Most of the buttons are easy to reach, and you quickly get used to where to find the fade, backlight, etc. The menu button and jogger are a little awkward, but I have not found it to be a major problem.

I'd give this 5 stars except the software that comes with it is lousy. I wanted to download some still images to email to relatives, but can't get it to work. The help files are not helpful, and there is no manual. It tells me that I need to check my COM1 port, but I am not sure what it wants me to do. Has anyone else gotten this software to work?

So, don't buy this expecting to be able to download photos easily, but for recording, it is a terrific camera.

What a difference 12 years makes.......2000-11-26

This is my first new camcorder. The one I had been using was a old full size VHS camcorder with no special features. It was a real beast.

Had this new camcorder about a week so far. I found it very easy start using right away. I did a lot of research and this model rates very high for an "entry level" digital camcorder. Some of the things I like most about it is Panasonics' reputation for quality and durability. Also, it is one of the most ergonomically designed camcorders I looked at. Not the smallest camcorder, but it fits your hand like a glove - with all the key features logically placed. 18X zoom is excellent (forget about the digital zoom, there all just gimicks). The dual image stabilizer works either during recording or playback and works very well. However, there is a small reduction in picure quality when used, which I think is normal with most typical stabilizers. It picks up sound very well. Picture overall is very good, but not outstanding. I am tough to please here. I have only used it indoors thus far and have noticed a fair amount of picture graininess in low light. My first accessory will be a light that other reviews said should help alot. A remote would have been nice to include, but the buttons on the cmcorder are well placed - better than most VCR's. Battery life is low for me, about 25 minutes. The 73min claimed must be when no flip-out screen or zoom is used. Still camera is good. Overall, it appears to be a well built camcorder that is very comfortable and easy to use. Now I gotta order that light. When I do I'm sure my rating will go up.

What a difference 12 years makes.......2000-11-26

This is my first new camcorder. The one I had been using was a old full size VHS camcorder with no special features. It was a real beast.

Product Description

Tiny buttons drive you nuts? Try a touch screen! Who needs a standard squint 'n' peek viewfinder when Sharp's Viewcam design offers a 3-inch color LCD screen that swivels 270 degrees? Without the camera stuck in your face, you can easily see what's going on around you, shoot over crowds or even point the camera back at yourself. The VL-AH50U's controls put exposure settings, a titling option and special effects literally at your fingertips. And don't worry about fingerprints or smudges: Finger oils don't stick to the LCD's special coating. The LCD is a special "low reflective" model for use in daylight. The 16x optical zoom is among the best for capturing far-away scenes.

Customer Reviews:

Great color videocamera!.......2006-07-10

I loved the large color 3" LCD screen it rotates 360 degrees for shooting at any angle. Overall it is a simple and elegant camera with impressive durability and quality of workmanship. Controls are well thought out and easy to understand. Image quality is great in all but the very lowest of light. A 10+

Great features for the price, but poor durability.......2003-07-06

I actually got this camcorder 2 1/2 years ago as my first camcorder in anticipation of the coming birth of our first child. It offered a lot of great features for the price, and I thought the 3" viewscreen right on the camcorder was a big improvement over viewfinders and pop-out screens.

And lo and behold, when we got it, it worked exactly as we thought and we got some great memories.

But then the lens cap broke. And it started to jam tapes regularly. And put dots and speckles into some recordings. And after 3 months of use my battery wouldn't recharge anymore. I brought it in for a repair and a replacement lens cap/battery, but 9 months later all 3 problems happened again.

The first repair was under warranty, I paid for the 2nd one. But last month was really it. My sister, who lives 400 miles away from me, had twins around the same time our son was born and we went up to visit them for their 2nd birthday. My wife took (or I should say tried to take) an hour of video of me playing with all 3 boys and another 2 hours of video of all of us going to the zoo together. Well, you know what, nothing came out, because THE TAPE WAS JAMMED AGAIN! Only this time, the camcorder did not give me any message warning me of this during her attempted recording, so we thought all was fine.

So today, 2 weeks before our 2nd child is due, I threw in the towel and bought a Samsung DV camcorder. Cest la vie....I have 2 Sharp TV's that work great (one is almost 20 years old!) so I don't know if I simply got a "lemon" or if their camcorder standards are just lax compared to their other electronics.

VL-Ah150U.......2002-01-19

Brand new camcorder has 3 large dots on the screen. Sharp authorized service centers in New York are taking forever to fix it. I am fed up.

Great camera.......2001-12-29

This is a great camera especially for a teen. It is easy to use, compact and great fun for the price.

Very Good Buy.......2001-12-09

I am very pleased with my Sharp VLAH50U camcorder. It had many more features than advertised and the price was the best I could find anywhere with the free shipping. It shipped the next day and arrived in good condition. This is my first camcorder and I am looking forward to using it this Christmas.

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VST's Expansion Bay Hard Drives give users the portable storage and data backup solution they've been looking for. The drives are hot swappable, so there is no need to sleep, shut down or restart. They are also Direct Memory Access (DMA) compatible, so they're up to twice as fast as non-DMA drives. Running in the right expansion bay of the 2000 and 1999 Version G3 PowerBook Series, these drives are perfect for anyone looking for a portable high storage solution.

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Sony's second-generation DVD+RW drive now supports recording of write-once DVD+R discs for optimal 2-way compatibility, with both set-top DVD players and DVD-ROM drives. The new DRU-120A combination DVD+RW/+R/CD-R/RW burner is an ideal replacement for a CD-RW drive as it can record 4.7GB DVD+R/RW discs as well as CD-R/RW discs. DVD+RW is a rewritable disc with the ability to store more than 2 hours of DVD video or up to 4.7GB of computer data, and DVD+R is a write-once disc with the same capacity and enhanced compatibility with DVD players and computer DVD-ROM drives. The internal EIDE drive comes complete with DVD authoring software for converting your video footage into DVD or Video CD formats, system backup software, as well as software for mastering CDs and DVDs.

Amazon.com Product Description

With Sony's DRU-120A Combination DVD+RW/+R and CD-R/RW Recorder, all your optical drive needs are covered. If you want to play a music CD or watch a DVD movie, you merely pop your disc into the drive. If you want to burn a "best of" audio compilation or archive your important data files, you can do that too. And if you want to transfer home videos from your camcorder tape to long-lasting digital media, the DRU-120A is good to go. As an added bonus, this versatile drive handles both of today's most popular DVD formats -- DVD+RW and DVD+R -- and is thus ready for anything the future may bring.

Conveniently installed in any of your PC's free drive bays, the DRU-120A requires no additional desktop space and features faster read and write speeds than most external drives. Offering 32X (CD) and 8X (DVD) read speeds and 10X (CD-RW), 12X (CD-R), and 2.4X (DVD+RW and DVD+R) write speeds, the unit will keep your computing environment humming along nicely. Moreover, its 2 MB Power-Burn buffer technology guards against faulty burns.

Included on the front fascia are a finger-triggered volume wheel, a headphone jack for silent listening, an LED indicator light and a quick eject button.

Customer Reviews:

I love this DVD burner!.......2002-10-03

I bought this to convert home videos into DVDs. It does a great job and the DVDs make accessing home videos much easier. The included software (neoDVD) did an OK job, but for some reason the DVDs it made locked-up on two of my three DVD players. I bought ulead's Movie Factory and found it to be more flexible and the DVDs it make were playable on all of my DVD players. So far I've burned about 20 DVDs and several CDs with it and I've never had one go bad.

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Softech JS5100SBR Sport Personal CD Player

Manufacturer: Softech Audio
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The StarTech.com Universal 3-in-1 KVM Switch Cables are designed to be the highest quality tangle-free KVM switch cables available. These cables combine separate keyboard, monitor, and mouse in to one cable split apart at each end. This design makes them inherently tangle-free and easier to manage since the total cable count is reduced to 1/3. They are compatible with any KVM switch capable of using standard console connections like the StarView, OmniView, SwitchView, Apex, Compaq, IBM, or the MasterView. The VGA Video section of the cable is coaxial eliminating picture "ghosting" and fuzzy images, and using ferrite cores near the connector ends provides superior EMI interference protection. The Universal KVM cables are available in a wide range of lengths from 6 to 50 feet and offering PS/2 or AT style connections.

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The SC-L650 records and plays back in the Hi8 format for stunning image quality. In addition to the high resolution recording, the SC-L650 adds a 2.5-inch LCD monitor to it's 22x optical zoom/550x digital zoom, making it easier than ever to frame, shoot and record your videos. Additional features include digital image stabilization, AFM Hi-Fi Mono Sound, I-BLC (Intelligent Back Light Compensation), Digital Noise Reduction, Time Base Correction and digital effects for professional-looking transitions. For added convenience, the SC-L650 offers a Snapshot Mode, 6-Mode Program Auto Exposure and extended life Li-Ion battery.

Customer Reviews:

color view finder at cheaper price.......2002-05-14

hai
|THis is the only model with color viewfinder at this price. I have visited many shops but this is the only one with color viewfinder at this price.
great piece

Only Available Camcprder suited for Both PAL and NTSC.......2001-08-27

Great Product for its price and only camcorder in the market to be campatiable with PAL and NTSC . Take wherever you want shoot and view

Excelente Camara por el precio ... Gracias Amazon.com !!!!!.......2001-08-19

...ofrece muy buenas caracterisiticas, inclusive tiene Pantalla LCD a Color y Color Viewfinder, ambos a color !!!! muy dificil encontrar esta caracterisiticas en otros productos similares, normalmente los competidores usan pantalla LCD a color pero el viewfinder es Blanco y Negro, tiene un zoom EXCELENTE ! 500X, los efectos son maravillosos, en la oscuridad es formidable, ademas posee lampara propia para oscuridad extrema, la opcion del snap shot es muy buena y comoda de usar a diferencia de la Sharp Viewcam que tuve anteriormente y por ultimo un estabilizador de imagen.... todo esto por un precio justo.

La unica preocupación es la facilidad de encontrar suministros tan necesitados como por ejemplo Baterias de larga duración, espero no tener problemas al respecto, ya que el mercado para Sony, panasonic y JVC es mucho mas amplio.

... pero en conclusión LA RECOMIENDO AMPLIAMENTE,....

Great camcorder loaded with features at a bargain price........2001-04-25

You get a lot of features with this palm size Hi8 camcorder. Both color viewfinder and 2.5" LCD color screen. 400 lines of resolution with Hi8 format. 500X Digital Zoom and Image Stablization. Built in video light is espceially useful when taping in dim light. Lithium Ion battery pack last over 2 hours. Includes handy remote controll. Can't go wrong with this one.

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SimpleTech features a comprehensive line of hard drive upgrades for popular portables by Toshiba. SimpleTech designs its hard drive upgrades with your portable's special power and space requirements in mind. So you can be sure you're installing a hard drive that meets the performance and technical specifications set by Toshiba.This hard disk drive is designed for Toshiba Tecra 700CS; Tecra 700CT; Tecra 710CDT, 720CDT; Tecra 730CDT, 730XCDT, 740CDT; Tecra 740CDT-NT.

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SimpleTech STC2548/256 256MB PC133 ECC SDRAM 168pin DIMM

Manufacturer: SimpleTech Technology
ProductGroup: CE
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SimpleTech provides one of the most complete offerings of performance memory solutions in the industry, unsurpassed in quality, performance, and price. With over a decade of design and manufacturing expertise, SimpleTech knows what it takes to build quality and reliability into every memory solution. SimpleTech takes the complexity out of choosing the right solution for your system. With support for hundreds of desktop, notebook, workstation, server, and printer models, it offers thousands of memory upgrades made for your system.This product is covered - at no additional cost - by the Simpletech SimpleAssurance program which guarantees an additional level of service and support for corporate users who install select SimpleTech memory in mission-critical servers/workstations.SimpleAssurance provides corporate users with specialized services such as reimbursement for on-site support, spare memory modules that are stored on-site, and advanced cross-replacement shipping, all designed to minimize any potential downtime.This memory is designed for Compaq Evo Workstation W4000 1.5GHz P4 (470022-961), W4000 1.5GHz P4 (470023-920) SFF, W4000 1.7GHz P4 (470022-962), W4000 1.7GHz P4 (470022-963), W4000 1.7GHz P4 (470023-922), W4000 2.0GHz P4 (470022-960), W4000 2.0GHz P4 (470023-104) SFF.

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This Toshiba Primary Battery Pack is a 6-cell, rechargeable, removable Lithium Ion (Graphite) battery designed to work with Toshiba Satellite 5000 series portable computers. It provides approximately 1.75 hours of battery life to your PC. Avoid finding yourself on the road with a dead battery by adding extended power capabilities to your portable computer with an additional battery pack.For a complete compatibility list please refer to the original manufacturer's web site.

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