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Panasonic VDR-M53 DVD Camcorder w/24x Optical Zoom

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Brand: Panasonic
Category: Photography

List Price: ~~$599.95~~
Buy New: $255.85
You Save: $344.10 (57%)
Buy New from $255.85

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

(9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5134

Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 24
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 50.4
Minimum Focal Length: 2.1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7 x 5.3

MPN: VDR-M53P-S
Model: VDR-M53P-S
UPC: 037988253135
EAN: 0037988253135
ASIN: B0007QN888

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Customer Reviews:

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No USB Port, does not use DVD-RW that is compatible with most drives and dvd players January 1, 2006
12 out of 12 found this review helpful

Has good features, but the biggest downsides are it does not have a USB port and it uses DVD-RAM discs (re-writable) which do not work on most of the DVD players.

Note that it does not use DVD-RW discs that come with most notebooks and desktop computers and allow re-writing.

So there seems to be virtually no way to transfer your videos to your computer, other than buying a DVD Multi drive that can read DVD-RAM discs.

4 out of 5 stars

great camera BUT December 18, 2005
19 out of 19 found this review helpful

It does not have any USB connectivity. There is no way to hook this up to your computer except through the TV type of hookups. Other than that it works great.
You need a software to convert the DVD to something els to be able to edit it on your computer though (to edit movie and make copies)
I like that it write direct to DVD so if you don't want to edit it, there is no need to bother with the computer.
Be aware it only works with certain types of DVD's. Won't work with DVD-RW. Has to be DVD-r and only a certain typre of RAM disk.

5 out of 5 stars

Handy Dandy DVD Camcorder September 1, 2005
0 out of 16 found this review helpful

Purchased this Tuesday from another store since I needed it before it could be delivered. I completely agree with the previous reviewer on the ease of use of this camcorder. The battery charged in less than an hour and I was ready to go, except I failed to notice they did not include a DVD-R disc. :( So, I had to wait but was not disappointed. I was able to format the disc while using the battery, not the A/C adapter like the previous user, and it took all of 5 seconds. I can't wait to use the camcorder for my daughter's soccer tournament starting Saturday. Go Mustang Fury 96!!!

4 out of 5 stars

Easy to use April 30, 2005
80 out of 83 found this review helpful

I just bought this camcorder and am not a good reader of manuals. I had it recording in a matter of minutes. You do have to format the mini dvds, but that is easy to find in the manual. The quality of the recording looked great on my computer screen. I bought office depot mini dvds and they worked fine, for the great price. This Panasonic is great and recording straight to mini dvds is a wonderful idea. I would have given it a 5 star rating, but the finalizing of the mini dvd took a while and you have to plug it in, you can't do this using the battery. Also I was warned, that if you use the dvd-ram instead of the dvd-r, they will not work on all players and they prefer to work on Panasonic equipment. This is why I opted for the non re-writable mini dvd-r from office depot. I also bought the PNY SD card from them and the card reader, all very affordable and easy to use.

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