Hitachi DZMV550A user reviews

3.0 stars

"Excellent features but limited functionality" on August 6, 2004

Pros: Excellent features such as on-screen editing, simple menu, light, more affordable than sony, higher resolution, excellent daytime recording, nice zoom, efficient design, easy to operate

Cons: Has no light, Hitachi has no video flash for this product, and you can not use 850A video flash either.

4.5 stars

"excellent camcorder for the price" on February 25, 2005 by mofojeremy

Pros: larger CCD than similarly priced models, ease of navigation,

Cons: poor quality shots in low-light situations, DVD-RAM format won't play on most DVD players

Summary: I am very happy with my purchase of this camcorder. The video quality is excellent. I love the basic editting features available in the disc navigation menus. My only qualms are that it performs poorly in low-light situations (as is to be expected from most camcorders in this price range)and that you can't pop the DVD-RAM disc out of the camera and into just any DVD player. You can't beat it for the price though.

4.0 stars

"records great outdoors but not indoors" on February 7, 2005

Pros: Easy to operate once out of the box. Recordings from outdoors are great. Easy to to hook up and view on TV. Thumbnail selections are a breeze.

Cons: Manual could be easier to comprehend. Recordings indoor really sucked. Not pleased at all. Returned camcorder.

2.0 stars

"this camcorder and my external dvd writer cannot distiguish one another with xp, service what servic" on September 24, 2004

Pros: burns to dvd, should be good editing onboard comfort 18 times optical good first impression

Cons: reality hits poor image quality worst software package i have yet encountered absolute no ease of use with xp no intention to have cross system drivers! NTSC only, get real! 200 dollar digital cameras have more options! And service what service