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9 of 9 customers found the following review helpful:
 Still picture quality not too great, 2006-04-20
That's the only drawback that I find with this camera. 640x480 still pictures means you still have to lug the old digital still camera along as well...
As for the 'proprietary' MOD file format, don't be fooled - simply transfer the files to your PC and rename the extension to MPG. The files will open & display just fine in whatever video software you already have. No need to buy ridiculous add-on software!
9 of 12 customers found the following review helpful:
 what a fourteen-year old has to say!, 2006-04-04
hey there! i've just bought my everio g last saturday(april 1, 2006). the exterior design is really nice coz it's small and when my family saw it they were surprised, in a good way. it's very light too. i've been checking out the everio g site for quite sometime before i bought one so i'm pretty much aware of its features and stuff. well, i didn't know the difference between the ultra fine mode, the fine mode, and the eco mode. for me, there's no difference at all, maybe because i'm just 14 so i still dunno how to distinguish their differences.
the everio g is really easy to use. and the best things about this are (1)the playlist function coz it lets you sort out your videos depending on the event or whatever it is you're filming. and (2)the zoom...is just awesome! before, in my old videocam, when i zoom in like 25x, this huge pixels appear but with my everio, zooming 25x above still produces clear images.
the only problem is the battery! i'm spending much more time on charging it than using it!!! that's the worst part of this camera. so i advice you, before buying one, be sure you'll buy an extra battery and a battery charger if you can. so that while you're using one battery, the other is charging so you wouldn't have to attach it on the videocam to charge.
i was a bit worried about the video/picture transfering on my computer since i've read one of the reviews about it. but installing the software was really easy for me. i wouldn't give the Power Director a two thumbs up coz i wasn't really amazed on what it could do. but atleast i could convert the MOD file into MPEG/AVI and i could just edit it on the other editing software i have. the Power Producer made burning into dvd easy for me since i don't have to download a software anymore. the only problem is my cd-writer only burns VCD's and not DVD's so the quality was a little lost. but it works for me! the image quality isn't as impressive as the images you can get on a digital camera but hey, it's its video quality that i care about!
all in all, i would have to say Everio G is great! if you like going out and loves to seek fun and adventure, you definitely need this one so you wouldn't miss a single thing! well, goodluck to you then! see ya
13 of 16 customers found the following review helpful:
 Consider your computer hardware carefully before purchase, 2006-03-07
After buying this product I found out the hard way that the only way this works as advertised is with a fairly new computer, preferable with a media center. I spent many, many, many frustrating hours trying to get the system to work on my 3 year old machine (Windows XP with plenty of memory). In the meantime I loaded the Cyberlink software into my old machine (with Windows 98) just to print out the docs, and the software completly fried the computer. So, we replaced the old computer with a new HP and voila, the camera and software now run as easy as the ads claimed. I think this camera is great, but most likely ahead of the general public's access to the hardware to make it function as it is intended. Unless you have a new system with a media center or are ready to upgrade, I would not recommend purchase.
19 of 19 customers found the following review helpful:
JVC Everio Hard Disk Camcorder, 2006-02-09
I waited a while before writing my review to really experience this camera. I have to say I love it. I went through some trial and error in the beginning but I really am enjoying the camera. I am not a professional videographer so this camera is fine for me. I have been taping all my son's basketball games and after a few times, I finally found a sports mode which works great. The camera is a perfect size. The convenience of not using tapes is incredible. I would suggest downloading your film often. It takes 11 minutes to download about an hour worth of filming. Since the camera can hold over 30 hours of information, I would not suggest downloading all the material at once. I have not used the software that came with the camera. After reading other reviews on the internet, I decided to get Adobe Premier Elements 2.0 which I am very satisfied with. The camera records in .MOD format so you need this software to convert it to MPEG. Yes, it takes a while for the process to complete, but once it is done, it is ready to be burned onto a DVD. You can also save the MPEG file to watch your entire movie on the computer in Windows Media Player. I would strongly suggest having at least a gig of ram and alot of hard drive if you plan on filming alot and keeping the footage on your computer. Even though this is the first hard disk camera, I am very happy with it for my use. Anyone that wants to record family events, games, etc., and is computer literate, this camera is for you. Would I recommend it to a professional videographer? No. The film quality is the same as a mini-dv or hi-8 recorder. The menu buttons are small, but easy to use and simplified. If anyone has this camera and has some good tips for me, please email me [...].
34 of 35 customers found the following review helpful:
Good product, bad recording format, 2006-01-08
The image quality, small form-factor, small size, large hard drive, and battery life make this a winner. However, the .mod files are a pain in the butt. The only thing that you can view these with is the PowerDVD viewer. In order to convert these files to AVI or MPEG I had to by something called Power Producer, and let the computer work for an hour to convert a large file to MPEG. That's just wrong. The camara should have an option to compress to MPEG. This is similar to what the early Kodak digital camaras, such as the DC-120, did in saving images to the proprietary .kdc format. A royal pain.
Hopefully generation 2 will have MPEG conversion built in.
Anyhow, better and easier than converting from tape. A buy if you need a camcorder now.
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