Comment on Sony DCR-DVD403 3MP DVD Handycam Camcorder w/10x Optical Zoom by S. George.
Love it,
This is the first camcorder I’ve purchased and I intentionally held off until a good DVD camcorder was available. The dcr-dvd403 is worth the wait.
Video quality is outstanding; I’m recording everything in 16:9 with the highest quality possible (the camcorder records in low, medium and high quality yielding 1 hour, 30 minutes or 20 minutes of recording time per dvd) and surround sound. The camera picture quality is good but not exceptional.
I’ve heard of horrible startup times in previous DVD camcorders and am happy to say that after you turn this on you only have to wait a few seconds to start recording. With DVD media, you do need to format the disc one time, which takes about 20 seconds, but that is a one time cost. You also need to finalize DVD-R or DVD-RW media (you don’t need to finalize DVD+RW). The cool thing with DVD-RW is that you can unfinalize it and keep recording.
There are a few things on this camcorder that really stand out:
– Super quick startup
– When you take pictures they are stored on the DVD instead of a memory stick. You can record video and pictures on the same DVD.
– The night shot mode is really cool, let’s you see in the dark
– The touch screen is really cool, much better than having a million buttons on the camcorder.
– 16:9 support and 5.1 surround sound is really cool.
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