Sony Handycam DCR-TRV245

I brought this about 4 or 5 years ago, so it is getting fairly old now. I brought it from Agros, at £300, which, at the time, was a good deal, however, you now see camcorders 10 times better, smaller, and lighter, for a much lower price. Damn, if only they were that cheap back then... But oh well. The camcorder's looks is pretty nice, looks modern (even though now fairly old), and quite stylish. In it's time, it was fairly small and light, but obviously now you'll get lighter and smaller, but it is fine to take around anyway, and in the package I brought it with, I got a case I can take it around in. Overall picture quality is fairly good, better ...  Read the complete review

About a year ago I decided that my clunky old C-VHS camcorder had to be replaced by something smaller, lighter and much more up to date. So I set myself some criteria and started to search the internet. So what did I want from my new camcorder???? 1.An LCD screen 2.It had to be digital in one form or another 3.There had to be computer connectivity, preferably USB as I didn't have firewire at the time. 4.It had to be reasonably light and compact 5.It had to cost less than £400 So with these points in mind I set off and searched the internet and came up with the Sony DCR TRV245. Next I went into Dixons to get a hands on ...  Read the complete review

I've been using this camera for nearly a year now, and I don't regret buying it for a second, but I believe my daughter will as her hole life is now documented min by min on little labled tapes. I think this is a good camera as a first one, it has a lot of good features such as: Colour LCD Display infoLITHIUM Battery USB Streaming + Software Steady shot Night shot Optical zoom x20 Digital zoon x700 Built in light Photo option Remote control Now for the stuff you want to know what it all does, Colour LCD display: The LCD screen opens 90 degrees and it rotates 180 degrees, ...  Read the complete review

this camcorder is by far above learly any other camcorder on the market mainly for one fundimental reason, the fact that it has a 20x optical zoom, most thease days only have 10x or 15x if your lucky, a high didgital zoom is a good thing to have but the problem is with didgital zoom is that it gets pixely and unstable the more that you zoom in, with optical zoom it is actualy the lenses that are moving and the quality of picture is never lost, Also this camcorder has a dv link so you can stream in real time from your pc/ mac and navigate from your pc/ mac, it is a very user freindly camcorder and i wouldnot swap mine for any other, All i can say now is if ...  Read the complete review

I have had this camcorder since Christmas last year and I find it really good to use, There is never a moment where I haven?t wanted to use it when I go out. You can add text to it, the sound quality is very good, and it is a digital8 picture that comes out so it is really good quality picture. The zoom is 20times normal zoom and up to 700times digital zoom the only thing wrong with that is when you are fully in the picture goes a bit distort. I have tried zooming in on the moon and you can see the craters on the surface so it works the same as a telescope. There is a LCD screen on the side so you don?t have to keep looking In the viewfinder all the ...  Read the complete review