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"NOT HAPPY - DVD MEDIA PROBLEMS"
Pros: ---- THERE AREN'T ANY .. IF ANYONE CAN TELL ME WHAT DVD-R'S WORK WITH IT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
Cons: cAN'T GET THIS CAMERA TO WORK . EVERY MINI DVD-R THAT I HAVE TRIED FORMATED FINE BUT ERRORS HAPPENED WHEN I STARTED TO RECORD. THEY TOLD ME TO TRY MAXELL MEDIA WENT TO 7 STORES AND NO-ONE CARRIED IT... HOWEVER EVEN THE DVD-RAM DISK THEY ENCLOSED DIDNT WO
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USING A MEM CARD THE PICTURES ARE EXTREMELY POOR. BLACK OUTLINE AROUND PEOPLE AND FAR OBJECTS IN AN OUTSIDE LIGHT ENVIRONMENT,INDOORS THE PICTURES ARE DARK AND IF YOU USE A LIGHT YOU GET BLACK OUTLINES AGAIN. WHEN USING RAM DVD THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED WILL BRING IN THE VIDEOS THEN SWITCH TO ANOTHER PROGRAM TO BURN DVD, BUT IF YOU USE A DVD-R IN THE CAMERA AND HAVE THE CAMERA FORMAT IT AND THEN USE IT, THE DVD MOVIE SOFTWARE PROVIDED WITH THE CAMCORDER WILL NOT RECOGNIZE IT AS THE PROPER FORMAT, SO WHEN YOU SWITCH TO THE OTHER SOFTWARE PROVIDED WITH THE CAMCORDER (SONIC MY DVD) IT DOESN'T SEE A VIDEO CAPTURE DEVICE BECAUSE HITACHI DIDN'T SUPPLY A PROPER INF FILE AS A DRIVER FOR THE COMPUTER TO RECOGNIZE THE CAMCORDER AS A VIDEO CAPTURE DEVICE. IT'S ONLY RECOGNIZED AS ANOTHER DVD DRIVE, RENDERING THIS CAMCORDER USELESS. I STILL HAVEN'T TRIED FORMATTING DISC ON PC THEN TRYING TO RECORD BUT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO THAT. BE CAREFUL IF YOU OWN 1 OF THESE, DON'T SHOOT YOUR DAUGHTERS GRADUATION ON A DVD-R ONLY TO FIND THAT YOU CAN'T GET IT OUT OF YOUR CAMCORDER. DVD-R OR RAM DISKS ALSO WILL NOT PLAY ON YOUR COMPUTER'S DVD PLAYER. HITACHI WEBSITE HAS FIXES THAT DON'T WORK.
