Sony Handycam DCR-DVD850 DVD Hybrid Camcorder with 60X Optical Zoom (Silver)
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Customer Review: It's OK But A Dead end
Summary: 3 Stars
A nice camcorder (I guess) it has internal memory a place to add more and this disk business... BUT the disk's are only an hour on extended play "and that's it" half hour regular play. So the using of 'Disks,' is in my mind, a complete dieing breed; just not worth it. I thought, I would take it easy on the camera and let the disk transfer over to VCR (via my DVD/VCR machine) but all you get is an hour (extended play) on a disk.
I think these mini disks were the fist attempts to share short video clips with each other - right before YouTube came out and now with all this easy share stuff ability done on the computer, if you know what I mean jellybean?
And its got some editing features of sorts built into the camera (like I need to learn something like that when I have a computer). So in closing it's not worth the effort in learning it's abilities which is a little extensive (to me, less is more) when it all gets uploaded to a computer, no?
Customer Review: sony customer service is terrible
Summary: 3 Stars
Received this camera without AV cable. Amazon is refunding us $72. Hooray for Amazon but when I contacted Sony to get this cable the customer service was rude. My husband loves the camera but I am sorry I bought a Sony. Bought a MP3 player and it broke after 2 months (no sound) Sony wanted $75 to fix it. Bought a new one for less (different brand) and it works great. Needless to say Sony will be the last on my list for anything in electronics.Customer Review: very minimal recording time available.
Summary: 3 Stars
we returned this camera after finding you can only use it to record onto a disc for 30 minutes, no longer - that just didn't work for us, with kids, trying to record sporting events, etc.Customer Review: Sony's DCR-DVD850 mostly a DOWNGRADE from the DCR-DV810
Summary: 2 Stars
Within 5 minutes of handling the DCR-DVD850 (850) I realized that Sony sacrificed some VERY KEY and VERY USEFUL features which I loved about its predecessor, the DCR-DVD810 (810). Sony did NOT need to remove the following IMPORTANT FEATURES JUST to add more internal memory and increase the zoom from the 810's 25x to the 850's 60x and!!!
This is what the 850 NO LONGER OFFERS:
(1) NO HOT SHOE for photo flash or video light
(2) NO REMOTE CONTROL
(3) NO NIGHT-LIGHT (no physical button OR menu item!!)
(4) NO QUICK-ON STAND-BY feature (no physical button OR menu item)
Isn't the whole point of designing a new model to ADD new features?
Why has Sony decided instead to REMOVE EXISTING, IMPORTANT, and HIGHLY USEFUL FETAURES?
In other words this is what Sony is telling 810 owners who are thinking of upgrading to the 850:
(1) you DO NOT need a HOT SHOE since you never use an external flash or video light!!
(2) you DO NOT need a REMOTE CONTROL feature because you will never want to control your camcorder from a distance!!
(3) you DO NOT need a NIGHT LIGHT feature because you will never want to shoot video in very low light situations!!
(4) you DO NOT need a QUICK-ON STAND-BY feature (which allowed the camcorder to be turned on INSTANTLY within 5/10/20/30 minute intervals) because you will never need to turn your camcorder on INSTANTLY instead of using the slow ON/OFF dial which wastes 5 seconds before you can shoot video!!
(5) you WILL NOT miss any of the above HIGHLY USEFUL FEATURES since you now have double the internal memory and double the zoom of the 810!!!
Doubling the internal memory and increasing the zoom may encourage people to shoot more video, BUT removing the HOT SHOE, the REMOTE CONTROL, the NIGHT LIGHT, and the QUICK ON STANDBY will DISCOURAGE people from shooting more video!
Now, how many Sony designers and marketers got paid top dollars to come up with this brilliant way to "upgrade" the DCR-DVD810?! And how many highly paid SONY execs approved this plan!?
Shame on you Sony!
Customer Review: Disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
Don't buy it. Very limited use and the picture is substandard. tried everything I know to make a good picture come out of it.