| Sony DCRDVD101 DVD Handycam Camcorder w/10x Optical Zoom | 
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| Brand: Sony
Category: Photography
List Price: $649.99
Buy New: $249.00
You Save: $400.99 (62%)
Buy New from $249.00
Avg. Customer Rating:   (12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 15696
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Monitor Size: 250
Includes Software: Yes
Optical Zoom: 10
Digital Zoom: 12
Connectivity: S-Video
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 23
Minimum Focal Length: 2.3
Maximum Resolution: 340000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7 x 5.7
MPN: DCR-DVD101
Model: DVD101
UPC: 027242644533
EAN: 0027242644533
ASIN: B0001MAAZ2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Compact DVD Handycam camcorder records on removable 3-inch (8cm) DVD-R//RW discs | | • | 10x optical zoom lens (digital zoom to 120x) with Super SteadyShot image stabilizer | | • | 2.5-inch rotating LCD and color viewfinder | | • | Low-light recording settings, built-in white LED light, and 680,000-pixel CCD | | • | NP-FM50 InfoLithium Rechargeable Battery |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Why rent DVDs when you can make your own with the DCR-DVD101 Handycam camcorder. It records high quality digital video on 3-inch DVD-R and DVD-RW media that can easily be viewed on most current DVD players and PCs. It is even capable of capturing thousands of 640 x 480 resolution JPEG images, making it a virtual digital still camera. It's perfect for vacations, holidays, or other family events.Despite its small size, the DCR-DVD101 comes with all the features you would expect from a high-end camcorder, such as a 10X optical zoom, a 2.5" hybrid SwivelScreen LCD display, and Super NightShot Plus infrared system. It even includes a 1/6" Advanced HAD CCD imager and a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens, which combine to give unmatched image quality.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 "Why all the trouble reviews?" Wait until you've owned it longer February 6, 2008
We also bought this product after our first child was born and loved it at first. Now, only four years later, the screen is shot; we've received numerous error messages over the life of the product; we have three DVDs that we were able to review once before finanlyzing and now the camera no longer recognizes them; and Sony informs us that we must have it shipped to them for repair at a cost of $250.00. Extremely dissapointed that our camera is now premanently disabled after only four years and our only remedy is to pay $250.00 to hope that they can fix it.
 Stay Away July 4, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Unless have no need to edit. This is completely incompatable with non-sony software.
It almost works with Adobe Premier Elements, but causes crashes. To use with an Apple, you have to convert the format to MPEG (MPEG4 works best) and the signal is horribly distorted in the process.
The Pixela software is buggy, but works, but not well. If you think that because it is a USB device that it is easy to use, you are wrong. (as I was)
Not to mention Sony's history of installing viruses on your computer without permission.
with sony the problem starts when you have a problem March 23, 2006
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
we were given this $900 recorder right after the birth of our child so we got some great movies of him.At 6 months we got a format error on display screen and weren't able to discharge dvd.called sony troubleshooting and not very helpful staff read from a manual which didnt apply to our model, called 3 times each time told warranty ran out(3months) and to send it to them for $250 they would look at it.so now i have a camcorder that doesnt work and a company that doesnt stand behind its product
 Why all the trouble reviews? We love ours. December 8, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
We have had one a few years now, our first video camera dvd. It was easy to setup, try out and plug into the tv or pop in the dvd and see what we took. We love the features it comes with and the editing part we didn't really have much trouble once we read the instructions. I'm sure if you mess around with it without reading the instructions it would be confusing. But once you know what your doing, your fine. We have used this at home as well as on numerous trips over the years. We had no problems or flaws with sony or the camcorder. Original batteries are still working fine and recharging. We have two batteries we carry with us as well as extra dvd's as they do fill up fast; but what a better way to store your memories!
It would be funny if it wasn't true September 10, 2005
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
First of all, for you people with a short attention span - DO NOT GET THIS CAMERA !!! Now for everyone else, this camera has been one of the biggest thorns in my side in recent memory - it started pretty good - it is easy to take video and pictures the LCD screen is good the zoom is above average for the price and the on screen picture is good. But try to move on from there. The Image Mixer software must have been written by morons. It is convuluted time consuming and not compatible with anything (except perhaps a 1985 version of Super Mario Brothers) - Then came the issue of it writing over previously recorded video for no reason - And finally it decided that anytime you removed a disc and put it back in - it had to be reformated. I contacted Sony who politly told me to use a disc rescue service and have a Sony center check it out - I have been on many boards that talked about the same problems - I have never kicked myself so much over a piece of electronics - Avoid it at all costs
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