JVC GR-D270

Pros: Good design, great video, fun to use, great audio performance

Cons: battery life, lens cap likes to fall off,

Review: I have used this camera now for about 3 months. I have taped well over 20 hours of video without a glitch. Conversion to dvd was quick and easy using a firewire card. (for those new to video editing this is the accepted standard for video transfer and ...

Pros: Excellent value

Cons: Small buttons and slow rewind

Review: I believe this camcorder is the best in its price range. It is my first camcorder and I am very happy with it. I have been transfering the tapes to dvd format with my cheapo dvd player to save money on the slightly expensive tapes (FYI it does not come ...

Pros: Easy to use, very good for an amateur like me,durable.

Cons: Baterry life runs our fast only 50 minutes, wish it was more.

Review: This a a very easy to use DV Digital Camcorder. It is so easy to use and will blow your minds apart on what you can shoot. Furthermore, the LCD screen is very good. It also double up as a digital camera. The auto feature and the digital options is ...

Pros: outstanding cam, good value,

Cons: most buyers should spend more time learning how to use it.

Review: GR-D270 has great features. Yes, the lens cap is crap and for the price it should be better. Loading tapes is easy, controls are good, and the design is good too. The battery needs to be charged before use, its normal for this type, they loose charge ...

Pros: Lightweight, reasonably simple menus.

Cons: Bad colors in all light, awful image at night or indoors, truly abysmal still images.

The Bottom Line: Substandard video, especially at night. Awful still images. Awful audio.

Review: My faithful old Sony Hi8 camcorder bit the dust, so I decided to 'upgrade' to the digital MiniDV, happy that it weighed about half what the old camera did. Well, first off, don't assume (as I did, alas) that 'digital' is going to give you a better video ...

Pros: low cost lots of options in the menu decent quality in good lighting

Cons: very bad auto focus for indoor scenes

Review: The camera works OK for outdoors or well-lit or close-up indoor video. However, I used it to video tape my son's play last year, and I was very unhappy with the results. I put it on a tripod at the back of the theater and left it on autofocus. The ...

Pros: Quality overall is good

Cons: No easy Video transfer to PC. (No analog input either).

Review: I recently bought this camera at Circuit City and even though I liked the picture quality and the built in light and all, when I wanted to transfer the video to the computer, the USB interface does not work for video, only for images, there is no ...

Pros: Takes decent stills when FULL sunlight is available, Decent video, compact, price

Cons: Cheaply built, "safemode" error, low light HORRIBLE,

The Bottom Line: Even if you are on a budget...AVOID THIS CAM. Save for a better cam.

Review: I bought this camera a year ago. Took it to Colombia and it shot DECENT quality. Low light was absolutely horrible. But you get what you pay for. While the camera was working it was OK. Just used to film little stuff...not like I was making a movie or ...

Pros: good features, easy to use.

Cons: stops working after 5 hours of recording.

Review: i agree with the review by ammazcd. this camera is less than a year old, has been used to record less than 5 hours of video, and now the playback is blocky. head-cleaning tapes are supposed to solve the problem, but they don't. more importantly, why ...

Pros: Good battery life.

Cons: Camera needed to be cleaned after 2 hours of use.

Review: I purchased this camera with high hopes. Boy was I diappointed. The camera needed to be cleaned after just 2 hours of use. Upon contacting JVC, they told me to ship it to an authorized JVC dealer and they would check it out. One problem. I have to pay ...