JVC GZ-MG27 20GB Hard Drive Digital Camcorder (.68MP, 32x Opt, 800x Dig, 2.7

(MPN: GZMG27US)

Description: JVC's GZ-MG27 camcorder brings an exciting technology to home movie making ? hard disk drive recording. With its built-in 20GB hard drive, it can record hours of high-quality footage without a single tape or recordable disc. Imagine filming your vacation without having to carry along all those extra cassette and disc cases, and never having to stop and reload. Finding a specific scene you've recorded is a snap, too. There's no fast forwarding or rewinding necessary ? your movie clips are cataloged as thumbnail images. Just select the one you want and it's instantly ready to view. You can easily delete scenes to free up disk space, or assemble them into playlists for viewing in any order you wish. And there's never any risk of recording over precious, once-in-a-lifetime footage. The 'MG27 always selects a blank space on the hard drive to begin recording your following scene. When you've finished shooting your video, you can use the cam's high-speed USB interface to download it to a compatible computer. JVC includes intuitive, easy-to-use software for editing your footage, adding titles and effects, or even mixing still images together with motion video. Use your PC's DVD burner to make copies for permanent storage and for sharing with friends and family. Or, add JVC's CU-VD10 Share Station for quick, direct DVD burning without a computer. You can play your movies back on a TV, as well, or record them to a VCR or component DVD recorder using the 'MG27's audio/video outputs. Along with its flexible, hard-disk-based recording abilities, this camcorder offers a host of features that help ensure great looking video. A powerful 32X optical zoom lens takes you right to the action for extreme close-up shots with excellent clarity. A 16:9 widescreen shooting mode gives you compelling, cinematic videos that look fantastic on your big-screen HDTVs. A built-in LED light illuminates your subjects for more colorful video in dark environments, and JVC's proprietary video noise reduction system helps give you a brighter, cleaner-looking picture in low light. You can even snap digital still images and save them to optional SD? memory cards. Minimize

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Date Reviewed: 05/31/2006
vau64 from IL Member Since: Mar 2005 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 1 Months	Compact Strengths: No more hassle with disc and tapes. Weaknesses: Very Low Quality MPEG2 at Low Light Conditions. Summary: What's good with hard drive is that when locating a specific scene you've recorded is a snap. No more fast forwarding or rewinding with your movie clips because they are cataloged as thumbnail images. Lots of features too- wind, shaking and zooming controls. However, I'm still kind of wonder why the engineers forgot to test this model in low light environment. They could have also included an interface for an external lighting. Thus the 3 star. I'm got no complain with the still images because use this most of the time as a camcorder. But still they could also at least put up to 1MB. The software for making DVDs is good enough. 100% of People (6/6) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 05/31/2007
flemns from MN Member Since: Aug 2003 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 3 Days	JVC GZ-MG27US HDD Camcorder Strengths: very compact, easy to transfer files to pc and burn DVDs Weaknesses: short battery life Summary: 2007-09-29 17:10:09 This is the first HDD camcorder I have ever had. It is very small and easy to carry when you are traveling. It is very convenient to transfer files to PC and burn DVDs. The video quality was ok for me since I just use it my family videos. What's disappointing is the short battery life. Also the power switch is really a pain. It is not convenient to switch among Power off, Playback, and Recording modes. 100% of People (2/2) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 06/12/2007
bluefriday Member Since: May 2007 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 2 Days	worth the price Strengths: samll and light camcorder cool menu funciton overall it is a good hard drive one for the price Weaknesses: poor image quality especially at night Summary: I bought this camcorder two weeks ago for the purpose of recording some scenes of my coming son. I feel like satisfied with it, overall. The only downside is that the image quality becomes poor after daytime. I heard the accompanied software is not very easy to use. I haven't got a chance to try that. Gonna try it later. -joe 100% of People (1/1) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 10/07/2006
hbg4 from NY Member Since: Sep 2004 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 7 Days	nice and compact Strengths: compact in size. No neeed for tapes and has a huge memory compared to my old digital dmv camera Weaknesses: tried to use the night time feature to film and it was awful. Any novements showed up as slow motion streaks on the LCD Summary: so far all the other features of the camera are ideal. Just need to adapt the hand held straps for comfort so I can touch the record and a zoom buttons with one finger. The power switch is a bit stiff. 100% of People (1/1) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 05/01/2006
dimulya2 from IL Member Since: Feb 2002 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 5 Days	HDD JVC Camcorder GZ-MG27U Strengths: Compact, Light Weight, Tape less (Hard Drive), USB 2.0, 32X Optical Zoom, Wide 2.7 in Screen Weaknesses: Low Quality MPEG2 at Low Light Conditions, White LED Light is good for less than a meter distance only, supplied battery is only for 1 hour Summary: Good compact digital camcorder with acceptable video MPEG2 quality. The camcorder fill very comfortable in a big palm as mine. All control buttons are in right place and easy to reach. Supplied software is all you need to produce home movies. GZ-MG27 wide 2.7in screen is big enough to show all your clips and snap shots. 93% of People (13/14) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 07/02/2006
short_dawg_coats Member Since: Jun 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 2 Weeks	GZ-MG27 20GB Hard Drive Digital Camcorder (.68MP, 32x Opt, 800x Dig, 2.7. Strengths: Like the ability to take both video and still shots Has a good zoom for distance shots and action shots (track & field) Weaknesses: Very picky about which memory card it will accept --- not necessarily always available or the most cost efficient card available Summary: I was pleasantly surprised at the savings I got for this product from price-grabber --- my brother bought the exact same equipment from a local warehouse and paid nearly $300 more for it --- it worked well on vacation --- downloading was easy --- the size is wonderful --- especially for those of us who do not have huge hands --- would recommend it to others --- I believe they will enjoy it 80% of People (4/5) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 11/22/2006
alexkakis from IL Member Since: Apr 2003 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 1 Day	jvc hard disk camcorder Strengths: compact, tha hard drive Weaknesses: the battery Summary: this camara this very far from fulfilling its objective quality in the recording the good is compacts size for this camera , the battery very poor the duration , the price is regular for this type of camera recommend , guy try to chec model from sony 33% of People (2/6) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 05/14/2007
jcandme Member Since: May 2007 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 5 Days	Excellent Camcorder for the family! Strengths: Light weight and east to use. Weaknesses: Low light level causes picture to be dull and fuzzy. Summary: This camcorder is great for several reasons. We like it most because it is light weight and easy to use. In addition to this it will replace your digital camera too. You can take video and still pictures with the flip of a button with out film,tapes, or even purchasing a memory card. 0% of People (0/1) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.