JVC GZ-MG130EK Hard Disk Camcorder
JVC GZ-MG130EK Hard Disk Camcorder
JVC 30GB Hard Disk Camcorder
Customer Review: Let down by poor software and wierd file extensions
All is fine with the camera until you copy the video files to your computer. They are not recognized by any video editing software and won’t even play in windows media player. It’s all to do with the unique file extention .MOD. It’s supposed to be an MPEG2, but nothing recognizes it. When I changed the file extention manually, windows media player played the audio only. A quick surf of the net showed that almost everybody else seems to have the same problem. I downloaded several conversion programs and although they did convert the files to mpeg, the quality was awful. The supplied software is by a firm called Cyberlink when I registered my purchase with them online I qualified for a free download of their VCD burning software - Guess what! It does not recognise .MOD files!!!
That said it is a really nice machine and easy to use.
Customer Review: Tidy piece of kit
My old Panasonic VHS-C had been in need of replacement for some time but I’d procrastinated and deferred the decision while I pondered which format to get, HDD or DVD. I decided to plump for HDD because a hard disk is a little more future-proof than a consumable media format. Even DVD’s I’m sure won’t be around for that much longer.
Anyway, on to the camera.
Good points: It’s tiny, weighs nothing, is well priced, a doddle to operate and just as easy to get the footage onto a computer where you can then have your way with it.
Bad points: Battery life not great (bigger capacity battery upgrade worth getting) and shady-looking people will eye it up enviously, everytime you take it out. That’s about it.
I recommend.
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New AVCHD camcorder. Records High Definition on a 30GB Hard Disk Drive with a ClearVid CMOS Sensor, Carl Zeiss(R) Vario-Sonnar T* lens and a HDMI connection.
Amazon Price: ?599.99
Used Price: ?556.99
Customer Review: HD Editing
Great camera with some nice features, including TV on-screen zoom facility via handset - easy to use and no problems encountered yet. Don’t know if it’s relevant but Serif’s MoviePlus5 software supports HD video format (is this the same as AVCHD?) and DVD Authoring. I have not purchased or tried it!
Customer Review: SR1 - You CAN edit - Options
The SR1 is a great camcorder and a quick way to get your own HD footage onto your HDTV via an HDMI cable. But as other reviewers have pointed out - editing is not so simple - AVCHD (.m2t files) is quite new and is not supported yet by the common NLEs (non linear editor programs) Options are: 1. Supplied software will enable you to burn footage to a DVD (-R) which will play as HD in a PS3 (it will NOT play in a normal DVD player which is only SD - standard definition) 2. Elecard sell HD conversion software which converts from AVCHD to HDV which can be edited (most NLEs - Premiere Pro etc) 3. Sony Vegas (version 7e only) and Pinnacle v11 supports AVCHD which will allow you to edit on the PC and (theoretically at least) move the edited footage back to the SR1 for viewing in HD on a HDTV You could of course get a blu-ray burner too!! I think the options will grow as more AVCHD camcorders ship - although anything that edits AVCHD is going to be very processor and memory intensive
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