JVC Everio GZHD320 120GB HighDef Camcorder Black

not so happy
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I recieved the product in great condition and it shipped very fast.

When I began playing around with this camcorder, i was amazed at the video quality. However, utilizing the software that ships with this camcorder is a pain in the ***. Every warm fuzzy feeling I get operating the camera, dissapears in a flash when I attempt to do anything with the video stored in the HDD. Shame on JVC for shipping a good camcorder with such crappy software (MediaBrowserHD edition). Shame on Pixela for making such a POS! To realize the full potential of this device, I have to purchase a decent program to export, edit, burn to BD and enjoy my video.

Wasn’t Amazed by its video quality
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I bought this video camera because I wanted HD of course, but I also liked the small size and the salesman was pretty darn good of selling this thing out the door.

1. I haven’t figured out how to burn the HD to DVD on the highest video setting. I’ll keep working it – but when you set this thing at the highest quality video, it tells you you won’t be able to export this to DVD.

2. Agree, the software that comes with it is not super easy to use.

3. Video quality suffers in low lighting such as indoors. The picture looks grainy (even when you use the video light). Outdoors in excellent light, colors and visuals are great.

4. Playing the videos back on my PC strains the PC memory and CPU. Even with a dual-core processor, 512 video driver, and 3 gigs of RAM – it’s still slow / choppy. I’m better off playing directly from the camera to my TV.

5. As always, buy the bigger battery.

That’s my 2 cents – I’ll probably learn more as I continue to figure out its settings.