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Sony CCD-TRV138 Hi8 Handycam Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom

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Manufacturer: Sony
Catalog: Photography
Media: Electronics
Model: CCDTRV138
Ean: 0027242666597
Upc: 027242666597
Floppy Disk Description: None
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Key features:
  • Sony's CCD-TRV138 Handycam camcorder offers outstanding Hi8 video and Hi-Fi sound recording at an affordable price
  • 1/6-inch CCD imager with 200K effective pixels
  • 2.5-inches SwivelScreen LCD display
  • 20x optical zoom lens with 990x digital zoom
  • NightShot Plus infrared system
Professional Review:
Capture Hi8 quality video and Hi-Fi sound with the compact, affordable, and easy-to-use CCD-TRV138 Handycam camcorder. It features a CCD imager with 320K gross pixels that provides detail and image precision along with exceptional analog video performance. Digital Zoom Interpolation creates clearer, sharper images for extreme digital zooming.Along with a variety of features to capture quality images and sound, the CCD-TRV138 lets you customize your personal videos with such tools as Fader Effects, Picture Effects, and Titling. Choose from a variety of modes to add creative fades, pictorial exposures, and titles. Get creative and enhance your home movies with professional looking video effects.

User Reviews:
 Rating 5   Written on April 26, 2007
   Summary: Great for the price!
Well, I'm just amazed this model is still in production the way things are changing so quickly in the A/V world.

I bought mine two years ago and have recorded many hours of my children as they are growing up. This is a truly low maintenance and low cost solution for your video recording needs if you don't have a lot of money to spend on a digital set-up.

Just buy and extra after market battery or two (and they're cheap) and some inexpensive analogue tape, and start recording away!

After you climb the learning curve, of course. My one problem with this camcorder is that the controls are anything but intuitive, and they're splattered all over the unit. Be sure to read the user manual carefully before you try to use this thing, but once you've got it down you'll find this a trusty and low cost companion for your family vacations and holidays.

Oh yeah, almost forgot, the microphones aren't stereo but they're really quite good for an entry level unit.


 Rating 5   Written on January 16, 2007
   Summary: Review of purchased camcorder.
I was very pleased the fast shipment. I bought this as a Christmas gift for my husband, and he loves it. Every day he finds a new feature.

 Rating 5   Written on January 10, 2007
   Summary: great Camcorder
I purchased this camera about a year ago and I have had no problems with it yet.. It is also light weight and is compact.... Great product...

 Rating 1   Written on January 6, 2007
   Summary: Not good for playing old S-Video Tapes
I bought this to play back old Hi8 tapes so I could transfer them to DVD. However, there is no S-Video out and no stereo out. Video quality was bad: output was noisey and reds were over saturated. I imagine this is because there is no S-Video out. I returned it and have ordered a Sony GV-D200. Hopefully it will give me better quality since it was more than twice as much. There are some cheaper used options available, e.g. Sony EVO-250.

 Rating 3   Written on January 3, 2007
   Summary: 8mm archiving
Steven, i would like to know how you record to DVD-R from this camcorder. I know sony offers a video adaptor, (VMC-20FR) for connecting to a TV or VCR; do you connect to a VCR, then to a DVD-R recorder?

Pinnacle Systems makes a DVD Recorder that connects composite video to USB, is this what you use? I too want to preseve my old 8mm analog tapes, and i am looking for the best way to accomplish this.


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Box size--120min-
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Upc027242666597027242666627074101691474027242642430
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