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| Sony DCR-HC96 MiniDV 3.3MP Digital Handycam Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom (Includes Handycam Station)
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Publisher: Sony Salesrank: 2730
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Features:
1/3-inch CCD imager with with 3.3-megapixel resolution
MiniDV recording format offers up to 530 lines of horizontal resolution
10x optical zoom with Super SteadyShot picture-stabilization system
2.7-inch high-resolution touch-panel SwivelScreen LCD display rotates up to 270 degrees for multiple viewing angles
Super NightShot Plus Infrared System captures natural-looking video in low light
Customer Reviews: Beware  I’ve had this camera for 6 months. 4 of those months have been spent fighting with Sony to service it.
Stay far, far, far away.
great, but could be better…  Overall, this maybe be the best non-professional camcorder I’ve personally ever seen, maybe disconsidering only the gs-500, but I was still amazed by the picture quality, and specially, by the vivid and strong colors that the camera providaded, which everybody told me I should expect the opposite… But it’s not a perfect camcorder, far from that. The Handycam station, though a conceptually great idea, is incredibly irritating to use, not only because of the fact that it doesn’t effectively lock at the camcorder, leaving it open for many outcoming risky situations, but also because it makes impossible to hold the camera over a tripod and connected to some source at the same time. Also is important to say that, despite the fact that the Touchscreen provides possibly many more ressources of menu in the camera, it is also very uncomfortable to be greasing the lcd screen with the finger all the time and to make contorcionism in some situations to be able to reach the menu.
Except for those facts, and an extra compleinment about the few-button remote control which makes it pratically unuseful, it’s a grat piece of recording machine and I would recomend it to anyone willing to have the best movie-like experience!
Bruno S.,
Brazil.
Really enjoy the camcorder  I bought this product to replace an aging JVC miniDV recorder and am absolutely thrilled. We used it to record a focus group sitting around a table in dim light (using the sony bluetooth microphone) and had excellent results both visually and audio-wise.
We also recorded our greyhounds doing their chasing after things thing and the camera had no trouble keeping up with them.
Much improvement over the old JVC.
Can’t wait to use it for some upcoming seminars and some utube stuff.
good family camera  This is the first digital camcorder I’ve owned. It replaced our old analog Canon. I researched cameras for months before I decided on the Canon Elura, which very shortly after became very hard to find. We are on a budget, and I wanted the most bang for my buck. So I researched for several more weeks and decided on the Sony DCR-HC96 MiniDV. I wanted to stick with the MiniDV format based on the reported superior video quality (of which I have not been disappointed…much better than our analog), and also because I have many analog cassettes I wanted to transfer to digital. This was one of my main purchasing requirements and this particular camera advertises the analog-to-digital passthrough. However, I have not been able to do the transfers because I would have to still be able to play the analog tapes on the old camera while the transfer is taking place, and our old camera doesn’t work anymore which is why we were in the market in the first place. So I’m disappointed about that and will have to figure out another way to play the tapes while they are connected to the new technology.
Other than that, I have been pleased with the camera. The only other things I can think of after using it for a few months are: it needs a light!!! Still photo quality is okay, not great; would be better with a light. I will have to (eventually) purchase one for the shoe. Zoom under the right hand placement is a little too sensitive (my Canon had the same kind of toggle switch, but much better sensitivity). A lot of reviews I read stated more than a lack of enthusiasm for the LCD panel. I don’t mind it at all and didn’t think it was that bad. Of course, I read the instruction manual from cover to cover and played with the functions a while to get used to everything before I did any serious recording. The only disadvantage I have found with it is when I am trying to edit the bank of still shots (I only recently purchased my video card) the LCD buttons cover up the bottom of the photo and I can’t tell sometimes if it’s a keeper or not, especially if it’s a closeup. Too much of the face is covered up by the buttons.
I am a mother of three young children and overall this camera serves my needs. I would purchase this camera again. Hopefully, though, in the future Sony will make a few improvements to make an even better camera in this price range.
An almost perfect choice  Spent weeks researching which camcorder to get and decided on this one. Why? The large sensor (1/3″), the MiniDV tape format, the hot shoe for either external mic or video light…and the almost universal positive reviews. Do not regret getting it at all, but here are the things that I found lacking…most solved by some ingenuity and throwing more money at Project Camcorder.
After I got it, read reviews for the few Sony mics that would work with the hot shoe, and nobody seemed impressed. Oops. However, I bought a mic jack adaptor that fits onto the hot shoe, so I can connect an external mic of my choice. So got a used shotgun and found cabled workaround to use my Olympus stereo digital voice recorder as an external mic. Realized with iMovie that I could even record the audio track separately on the voice recorder (say for a seminar speaker) and replace the soundtrack in iMovie. That would free the hot shoe for a video lamp. Anyway, so far I’ve worked around all shortcomings, even to using a portable dvd player as a large video monitor.
I hope to keep working with the camera, but so far am so satisfied with the picture quality under all circumstances that I have not gone beyond the Easy Mode. I do not do large long programs, but short YouTube programs, and mostly shoot short video segments that are edited together. The still feature is nice also, to get sharper still images to work into the program. Would buy the camcorder again, and might buy another one day to for “two-camera” work.
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| PHILIPS DVP3140 - ALL REGION CODEFREE MULTI SYSTEM DVD PLAYER WITH DivX. PLAYS PAL/NTSC DVDS FROM ANY COUNTRY ON NTSC TV. REMOTE INCLUDED.
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Features:
12-bit, 108 MHz Video Processing for Sharp, Natural Images
192 kHz, 24-bit Audio Digital-to-Analog Converter Enhances Analog Sound Input
Progressive Scan Component Video for Optimized Image Quality
DivX for Standard Playback of All DivX Media Files
Plays DivX, MP3, WMA and JPEG Digital Camera Photos
Customer Reviews: Philips DVP-3120: An in-depth review  I have this DVD player and I love it. Now I watch all my movies and TV shows on it. It’s a shame it doesn’t play HD-DVD or Blu-ray Disc formats, I really want to enjoy the new technology.
I have over 3,000 DVDs now including movies, a Britney Spears concert in Las Vegas and some TV series like, for example, Alias, Lost, Heroes, Desperate Housewives, 24, etc.
As I said before, it’s a shame it doesn’t play HD-DVD or Blu-ray Disc formats, I really want to enjoy the new technology.
Well, that’s it for my review of the DVP-3120 from Phlips. There ya go!
Multi-region playback is in!!  I could hardly believe that my new DVD player actually plays all regions until I hooked it up to my letterbox TV after coming back home from my European vacation. It appears that it actually came around the first week I was gone, just when I though it would come before I left. What a relief!! Believe it or not, it works really well on my American, German and Chinese DVDs. In fact, I was able to watch the DVD I had bought almost 3 months ago and I love it. I give the Philips staff all the best and have faith they can make their next line of equipment even better.
So far So Good  Just received this unit thru Fed Ex, plugged it in and played my new Status Quo, Doin it live, it worked perfect, & I didnt’ have to put in any codes for this 2,3,4,& 5 region dvd. It also plays region 1 good also. I ordered & received it within 4 days.
A Waste of Money  The performance of our DVP3140 was spotty right from the beginning. At first we blamed an occasional disc, but over time it has become obvious that this player has “issues.” Even brand new, flawless discs — both commercial releases and PC-burned content — will yield anything from random artifacts to intermittent freeze-ups. In terms of enjoyment, the DVP3140’s worth quickly goes right through the floor. I don’t plan to buy another Philips product ever again.
Plays well-like the other Phillips DVD players  I bought this player for my best friend as a birthday present. I had bought two region free players last year–both were the discontinued Phillips 640 model–and they have worked fine. I bought this one from a dealer as a refurbished model; when my friend opened it and when we put in the DVD (that I’d purchased from the UK) it did not play. I immediately checked the Amazon website and thanks to one of the reviews I was able to get it to play the UK discs and the ones bought here in the US as well. I know my friend is happy because she can now see the Bad Girls series without having to wait for it to crawl by every week on one of the cable channels. This is a very good choice for a region free player and also works well as the “everyday” player for your movie watching as well.
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| Samsung LNT4671F 46-inch 1080p 120Hz LCD TV
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List Price: $3,199.99 |
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Publisher: Samsung Salesrank: 1128
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Features:
120Hz LCD panel for clear motion and fluid frame transitions
25000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
HD-grade 1920(H) x 1080(V) pixel resolution (1080p)
Wide Color Gamut CCFL backlight
Fast 8ms response time; 3 HDMI inputs
Customer Reviews: Excellent TV! You get what you pay for.  I purchased this TV for 1889 and when Amazon lowered it for 1799 (3 days later), they promptly adjusted the price! CEVA delivered it FASTER than I thought. I was able to schedule a delivery and received it 7 days EARLY! The delivery guy hooked it up so I can test it for any issues. So far so good. The delivery guy suggest I keep the box for 2 weeks just in case any issue occurs. My kids love the TV! The colors are amazing and even though the shows are 60hz (I’ll be picking up a Blu-ray to use the 120Hz in full capacity!), its so clear and the contrast is as black as ebony! I’m glad I got the Samsung over the Sony Bravia. I first saw this tv in action from my sister’s house and was very impressed! So far Im happy with this TV.
I can’t rave enough!  Great 3-D looking picture!! It takes a little getting used to.. I found myself focusing more on the picture detail I hadn’t seen before instead of actually watching the show! The amazon price was $900 less than my local BB. Delivery was awesome. They carried the tv up two flights of stairs, unpacked and confirmed functionality.. and I got a free upconverting dvd player with purchase!! you can’t beat it! This tv has many great features too!
LNT4671F  I bought my samsung LNT4671F 3 months ago and it is beyond all my expectations, the picture quality is amazing. I have only one problem with the TV that it is getting to a lock up state when I change the source from one HDMI to another. The lock up is solved only when I do hard reset. Does anyone experience this problem and have any idea how I can solve it ? (possibly new firmware)
Thanks,
Rammy
Great LCD TV!  I have had this tv for a couple of months now and I absolutlty love this product. High quality, best bang for the buck! Amazon’s service was also excellent in delivery and set-up.
Samsung LNT4671F 46″  Samsung LNT4671F 46-inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV
I don’t see any need to repeat all the raves on picture quality and delivery service.
A very nice feature I didn’t see mentioned was Wiselink. The Samsung has a USB port in the rear. Plug in your USB drive loaded with jpg files or mp3 files. If you have the tele feeding your audio system for home theatre, you click on Wiselink, go through a few setup screens and your mp3 titles are displayed on screen and you can listen to them through your stereo system.
With jpg files you can do a slide slow. Quite nice if you would like to do a slide show of your last vacation. You’ll see all the jpg files in thumbnail view pick where you want to start and view the slide show. One vary annoying problem though. Portrait formats don’t display in full screen; you get an error message. I spent a half hour with Samsung tech support, who I think was more interested in getting rid of me than actually trying to make me a happy customer. The tech support guy had me e-mail a couple of photos; one portrait, one landscape and claimed the engineers would get back to me; but they haven’t.
If you’re trying to decide between the Samsung and the Sony Bravia, I think the Wiselink feature is enough to tip the scales to the Samsung.
Jim
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