Remanufactured Hitachi DZMV550A DVD Camcorder w/18x Optical Zoom
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Digital Photo Product Details
Manufacturer: HitachiModel: MV550A
Product features:
- 18x optical zoom lens; 500x digital zoom with Advanced Stable Pix electronic image stabilization
- 2.5-inch color LCD monitor; 113K pixel color viewfinder
- USB 2.0 compatible; Secure Digital (SD) memory card slot; Quick Mode menu
- Powered by DZ-BP14SW rechargeable Lithium-ion battery (included with AC adapter/charger)
- Compact DVD Camcorder and 1 MP digital still camera records to 3-inch DVD-R and DVD-RAM discs
- Maxell DVD-LC DVD Lens Cleaner
- Maxell DVD-338 DVD Spray Cleaner
- Nikon Lens Pen Cleaning System
- Maxell DVD-RWs (635116) (635116)
- Maxell DVD+RWs (634013) (634013)
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Remanufactured Hitachi DZMV550A DVD Camcorder w/18x Optical Zoom
Customer Review: DO NOT BUY THIS CAMCORDER!
Summary: 1 Stars
I own this camera and recently decided to just trash the darn thing. What a huge waste of money and a huge disappointment. My first problem with the camera is that it ONLY works with Maxell disks. I realize NOW that these are "recommended" by the manufacturer, but this was not made clear to me when I purchased it, and it surprising how many stores don't carry the Maxell brand. For the few years since I've had this camera, we are constantly losing disks mid-use and getting error messages. Recently there was another error message and the darn thing won't even open. I can't tell you how much has been lost. And, even if you didn't have all of the hard drive problems that seem to be common to the camera, I find the DVD loading mechanism unnecessarily tricky to load. So, my recommendation is--avoid this camera. I saw a good review of it and purchased it, and it has been nothing but trouble. And from what i've read on other message boards, I am definitely not alone!
Description of Remanufactured Hitachi DZMV550A DVD Camcorder w/18x Optical Zoom
The DZMV550A camcorder represents a revolution to create home movies. Record directly to DVD-R, finalize and remove the disc from the camcorder and play it on any standard DVD player. Added is the new "Quick Mode" menu design for easy operation. No need for fast-forwarding and rewinding with direct access to recorded scenes. These cameras feature high quality optics with multi-coated lens elements for optimal image contrast and color accuracy.DVD Camcorder Notice (from the manufacturer):
Hitachi Home Electronics America can only verify Maxell brand DVD discs for use with Hitachi DVD Camcorders.
Hitachi has three main reasons for not supporting other manufacturers discs:
- Not all discs have the same standards for actual construction, therefore some may not work. An example of this is a disc that has a very thin writing surface, one so thin that the DVD Camcorder laser cannot properly write information.
- Quality of discs...some discs may be able to be written to, but will also peel and become defective within a short period of time. This can happen within a year or so after writing a disc, which is unacceptable for someone trying to document memories.
- While some DVD-R discs can be written and finalized from our camcorder, the percentage of DVD players that can playback that disc is greatly reduced due to different writing surface depths.
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