Photo JVC Everio GZ-MG330 30 GB Hard Disk Drive Camcorder with 35x Optical Zoom (Silver)
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Rating: - Best camera I've ever had
I got this camera less than a week ago and so far it is the best camcorder I've ever had. Its hard drive inside is what forced me to buy it and it has a Konica Minolta lens. So I had to try it out so, I bought it and its just awesome. I did reasearch on this camera a lot before I decided to buy it and from all the reviews and showcases this thing was on I had to try it and this camera has lived up to it's name! In my opinion, if youre looking for an easy to use hybrid camcorder that doesn't need tapes or discs and records off of SD cards and a built in hard dive, than this camcorder is for you. If you decide to buy this you won't regret it!

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Rating: - Great camcorder for home videos.
Pros:
-Small size
-hard drive recording
-bundled software
-ease of backup to hard drive
-included expansion port for SD or micro SD card, I'm not sure which, though I don't know why you'd need it.
-Manual lens cover (some may not like closing and opening manually, but I prefer it, as it is one less thing that can go wrong by getting jammed or something)
-Quality of picture (more than adequate for the average home video taker)
-Auto start-up/shut-down upon opening/closing of LCD screen is VERY nice (it stays in a sort of standby mode for about 5 minutes after closing so that it doesn't have to completely reboot if you open again right away)
-Ease of operation (we've had relatives and friends who are not the most adept at using technology take video for us at a couple of events and even they commented on how simple and easy it was to use.

Cons:
-The battery is not overly impressive, but adequate. If it was a huge deal to me I'd buy a larger capacity battery.
-The image stabilization at long zoom is not overly impressive.

Both cons are rather nitpicky things that I would wish improved if I had to find things to improve. Neither one really is that inadequate, in my opinion.

Overall, I would recommend this camera to anyone who will be using it for home videos. We bought it shortly before the birth of our first child to capture all those "baby" moments, and haven't been disappointed at all. I can't pick out anything about the video or sound quality that I think is sub-par, and we are extremely satisfied with the purchase of the camcorder. Had it about 9 months now and have had no issues with it whatsoever.

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Rating: - Not a very good pic.
I bought this cam after reading the reviews saying it was a ok cam. Now for the price I didn't expect a lot and still was shocked at the poor vid quality. Put it this way my canon Power shot SD870IS point and shoot digital camera takes better video. so why even have a camcorder at all?

Do yourself a favor either spend 3x the money and get the a new sony HD or just buy a decent digital camera. I'm returning this now.

Oh by the way as others have said the JVC is easy to use. My issue is with the poor video quality. I tested it both in doors and out with full sunshine , normal room lighting and with/without the built in cam light turned on. trust me you won't be pleased with the quality you get. It's to bad too because it's like buying a super fast hot "looking" sports car only to find a dump truck is faster.. lol

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Rating: - good deal
good all the way. best for use as a camcorder. sill pics are hard to get but i need video not pics so it is a good buy for me. easy to use. i will buy again if something happens to this one.