Samsung - VP-DC563 - Mini DVD Camcorder
Samsung - VP-DC563 - Mini DVD Camcorder
Customer Review: Jury’s Out
My experience with this product has not been great.
I bought at the ?200 price, I was initially very disappointed with the battery charge, when recording in normal mode, I got nothing like the time specifified in the manual for a full charge.
Then, on my 3rd recording, the camcorder developed a fault, with the DVD-RW going round continually when you power on, and there was NOTHINGA i could do to stop it, remove the disk etc, tried everything, including removing batteries.
So I had to send it back. I hope I have not been silly, in asking for a new camcorder rather than a refund, but hope springs eternal.
By the way, my disappointment is with Samsung - amazon were outstanding, not only the good price which everyone notes here, but this is the first return I have made in c 7 years of custom, and I was super-impressed with how easy it is to make a return. First class service
Customer Review: Great functions let down by poor image quality.
Firsly i bought this camcorder due to the other three reviews hoping that i had made the right choice. Unfortunately i got a camcorder that was defective when recording to dvd. There was a 1mm distorted line at the bottom of the recording. no such line when recording to the memory card, weird. i also found that the picture quality was not up to scratch. maybe i have been spoilt by using a panasonic mini DV prior to buying this but the image was just grainy. like i said maybe i just had a defective unit but thought i would share my views. have returned the unit to amazon for a full refund and have started my hunt again for a good quality camcorder.
Rob
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Maxim MX30-7000 Digital Video Camera 
Specifications - Imahine sensor: 2.1 Mega CMOS sensor. Resolution: Super : 4.1 MP (2272 x 1712) Fine: 2.1 MP (1600 x 1200) Normal: 1.3 MP. (1280 x 1024). Video clip: 320 x 240. Digital zoom: 4x. Display: 1.5″ TFT LCD. External Memory: SD card. File format: JPEG / AVI. Lens: Fixed (5 glass lens) 8.54mm. F. NO: 2.8. Focusing range: 0.7m ~ infinity. Interface: USB / AV out. Self-timer: 10 seconds. Shutter speed: 1/15 to 1/10000 second. Power: 2AA alkaline batteries. Dimensions: 97 x 56 x 122mm. Weight: 480g (No battery) System requirements: PC: Pentium 100 MHz processor or higher. Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP. Available USB port. Super VGA card and color monitor. CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. At least 64mb RAM. 200 MB available HD space. Package contents: Digital video camera, camera bag, USB cable, AV cable, tripod, installation CD, 2 AA alkaline batteries, use guide, SD card. Softwarre included: Arcsoft video impression, Arcsoft photo impression, Camera driver.
