Sony DCRTRV240 Digital8 Camcorder 2.5" LCD with USB Streaming
Average rating:
very nice!
I bought this camcorder about a year ago & have been very pleased with it. It's a good size, easy to use, & has lots of cool components, especially for the price. I wouldn't buy anything other than a Sony!
Sony DCRTRV240 Digital8 Camcorder 2.5" LCD with USB Streaming - Sony
USB connection total garbage
whoefully disapointed with the quality of the video coming from the usb connection. the analogue outs are much much better. so here we have a situation where the analogue is better than the digital out.
plan on buying a video capture card in order to get decent video to your pc.
Sony - Sony DCRTRV240 Digital8 Camcorder 2.5" LCD with USB Streaming
USB streaming / Firewire
This camera works just fine; and despite having a few too many bells and whistles for my taste, the picture is as good as my trusty eight year old Sony camcorder that died last summer. BUT!!!... Be aware that the USB streaming capability that is touted as a selling point is absolutely useless. The USB's connection is slow enough that it's impossible to get anything other than jerky, dark, over-compressed video with tons of dropped frames and terrible sound. The SOLUTION though, is simple if you have a reasonably new computer with plenty of muscle: ... I picked up an i.link / FireWire card with a video rendering chipset built in that gives me the decent quality video for burning VCD's that I expected. USB bad. FireWire good, camera good. 'Nuf said.
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