GE A830

Advantages: Cost, picture/sound quality, ease of use
Disadvantages: Needs brighter light or ability to use a better one

...As my old G.E full sized VHS camcorder began to show it's age & weight, I decided to look for a nice small camcorder to use without breaking my back using it for more than 20 minutes of use. I was shopping around, and looked at Best Buy to see what they had in the size & features I wanted. I narrowed it down to a few, and decided to jump across the parking lot to Circuit City after writing down a few model numbers, so I could do some comparison shopping. After deciding that the DCRE-TRV260 was my choice, I looked to see if Circuit City sold the same model. Best Buy had it for $349.00, Circuit City for $299.00. Even with all the "Price Match" wars that go on, I just figured I would buy it from Circuit City, and quit running around. After 3 weeks, Best Buy decided to drop to price of theirs to $242.00. So after seeing that, I went... Read review

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Advantages: Genuine widescreen CCD, every feature possible, well built
Disadvantages: Slightly chunky, fiddly controls, bottom-loading tape makes tripod use harder, a few quirks

...you can do all of this from the Windows file manager. I recommend the fantastic freeware program IrfanView (find it via TuCows) is a far more powerful and flexible way of doing basic picture conversion/manipulation/management and printing. Get a copy of PaintShopPro if you want to do any real image editing, unless you're an Adobe wizz that is! The camera also has Bluetooth, and in theory you can push images to other BT devices which support the Bluetooth Imaging Profile. I have a Motorola A830 3G mobile phone, but although they paired with each other, it wasn't BIP compatible. The camera can also use a bluetooth modem to dial up the net, web browse, and send emails. The email feature is probably genuinely useful, as you can email images and (the lower resolution movies) via a bluetooth network device. I couldn't make this work, mainly... Read review

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