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   Valerie J. Boese
   May 20th, 2010 - 10:41

   Very disgusted with this cameara. Hitachi’s web site said this camera had a built in flash, the unit does not have one. I got constant disc error when using various diss. They have 4 formats and is it extremely difficult to figure out which one to use and when. Once you start to record on a disc, if you get a disc error the data is lost and the disc is ruined. To get rid of disc error you need to take out disc, you can not finalize to save data because of the error and your precious moments taped are now gone. I returened it and bought a Panasonic Pv-gs300 and had it taping sucessfuly within an hour. Simple to use, great detail in the film
   Rating: 1 / 5
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   M. Sanders
   May 20th, 2010 - 12:09

   After 4 months of light use this camera decided to start giving disk errors, resulting in the loss of all video of my daughters first birthday. It will format and start to use the disks, only to show a disk error sometime during the recording. I have be unable to recover ANY data from the disks after an error occurs.

   I live in Houston, TX and the closest repair facility is about an 1.5 hour round trip. And because only parts are covered by the cheep-o warranty, it would cost me $75 in labor just to have an estimate done (applied to the cost of fixing it if I go forward). So now I have to decide: Is it worth driving 3 hours (drop off and pick up) and spending at least $75 to fix a camara that broke after just 4 months? Am I willing to trust it to film my daughters 2nd birthday? Guess I’ve got me a $400 paper weight, because I’ll be buying another brand.
   Rating: 1 / 5
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   C.D.
   May 20th, 2010 - 14:36

   Update 1/19/10 – This camera was great in the beginning but we started having problems with it about 6 months after we got it. Have now replaced it with a Sony. I wouldn’t buy this if I had it to do again. On the bright side, when it’s working the picture quality is still pretty high.

   We got this camcorder just before Christmas so I’ve only had a couple of opportunities to use it. That being said, overall this camera has performed pretty well. My only complaint is that it doesn’t do well in low light (maybe none of them do). It’s very easy to use and gives you a good picture on playback. Compared to other camcorders, I think this one’s a pretty good value.
   Rating: 2 / 5
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   msk
   May 20th, 2010 - 16:53

   I bought this camcorder for my kids for Christmas, they are having a lot of fun with it. They kept finding new capabilities/functions on it.
   Rating: 5 / 5
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   S. Eid
   May 20th, 2010 - 18:10

   I was impressed by the picture quality this camera offers in the DVD class, the best thing I like is video in low light conditions. I would recommend to anyone who wants to buy a DVD camera for family activities
   Rating: 5 / 5

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