JVC GR-DVL355EK

The title of this review is from comments I have heard a fair number of times over the years so here`s a few good reasons. FAMILY and FRIENDS Wondered what you were really like when you were younger ? My children and grandchildren may scream a little at times but I notice their eyes rarely ever leave the screen when I put the video on to remind them of the past. Remember the holidays, weddings, days out all those silly things we have done over the years ? NO ??? We need reminding at times so out comes the video again, Blimey ! there`s me mum, god bless her. You don`t forget people so easily ... more

I always fancied a camcorder - but I never quite knew why. After my first few pay packets, I decided to hunt around for a good buy. After researching all over the net, it seemed that Canon, JVC and Panasonic were all producing good, cheap digital camcorders. MiniDV is apparenlty the format to go for. So I took myself off to Tottenham Court Road and started bargaining between the shop owners. How about a free bag? An extra battery? £50 off? Let me see what I can do for you, sir... The JVC GR-DVL355 was £749 in Comet and Currys. I like the look of this model - with its inbuilt memory card for ... more

I bought this camera as our old camcorder was a VHS model which got too bulky to carry around especialywith 2 young children in tow ! I opted for JVC as our old one was made by JVC and we had no problems during 4 years of usage, this model also had many more features than other manufacturers whin the same price range. This product cost just under £800 and is packed with features which are all shown simply on the various menus. There are a variety of fade effects, colour effects, multi-screen pictures, automatic light option and "dusk-shooting" facility whicah are all easy to use . The camera ... more