JVC GR-SXM930U Super VHS Palm Sized Camcorder with LCD Monitor

by JVC

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005KAMM
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,163 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The JVC GR-SXM930U offers the convenience of VHS-C in a sleek, lightweight design. It is equipped with a 3-inch high-resolution color viewfinder for more realistic visuals while shooting, and has a built-in light that improves the picture in low-light shooting conditions. The digital picture stabilizer gets rid of annoying picture shakes. It also offers a 16x optical and 400x digital zoom. This is ideal for catching action at sporting events or just at home in your backyard. The zoom is a variable-speed zoom triggered by finger pressure with numeric zoom ratio readout in the viewfinder/monitor.

The camcorder is capable of three recording modes. Super VHS recording offers 60 percent better resolution than regular VHS. SVHS ET allows you to record with that same high-resolution using any VHS-C tape. For full compatibility with any VHS video player you can record in standard VHS mode. VHS-C format tapes are simply smaller-sized VHS tapes, and you can play your VHS-C tapes in any VCR with the included cassette adapter.

The GR-SXM930U is also an integrated digital still camera that takes snapshots and stores them onto the 2 MB of internal flash memory. You have different snapshot modes like full screen, pin-up, or multipicture. You can take up to 60 photos at the standard resolution with VGA size 640 x 480 pixels. With the included software and cable you can import your photos into a computer for editing or e-mailing.

For editing features, the GR-SXM930U offers digital wipes and fades, audio dubbing, and insert editing as well as a black fader and a quick review and retake function. There are 88 different combinations you can play with for digital special effects, wipes, and fades. The title generator features eight preset messages in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. The accessories include a shoulder strap, VHS-C cassette playback adapter, battery recharger, remote control, and photo-editing software.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful camera!!, January 28, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: JVC GR-SXM930U Super VHS Palm Sized Camcorder with LCD Monitor (Electronics)

I have used this camera so much!! You can make black and white video, fade in's, date, time, everything! It even has a digital still option. It is also small and convenient. Best camera I've ever purchased.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Naftarific, Naftaexpeolidocious, Nafta-Roni, March 27, 2005

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This review is from: JVC GR-SXM930U Super VHS Palm Sized Camcorder with LCD Monitor (Electronics)

I've tried others but none can hold up to the scrutiny that this product has experienced. Okay, so it cost me a marriage and a career, but I'd buy a back up, if I wasn't locked up. When I get out they'll have the third series available with higher restitution but softer focus.

If I were to mention a complaint, it would be that sometimes it seems as though it is half empty, but the owner's manual says that when in doubt, do nothing. Yes, nothing, at least until you can be reasonably sure that it is half-full. The owner's manual also suggest that calibration may be more easily achieved by soliciting the aid of a good friend, but not if you have the auto-dialer model, and your friend uses bi-focals.

I'll spend my last dollar and go into debt to buy something, anything. I need to feel like I deserve to buy this, but I've no more room in the closet and dialing for dollars is on the speakerphone. So, try one or two before everyone does. I hate being the last one to catch on to a trend that's why I don't by things on sale. I usually go to overpriced.com. I need more status, but my Visa needs to be paid. Don't tell me that I don't need no stinking Visa, our president said the good Americans spend money on luxury junk that's sold by corporations and made in sweatshops. Naftarific, Naftaexpeolidocious, Nafta-Roni, and when my job goes overseas, then I'm going with it, because I need to go in debt, then sit at my computer and write about all the neat stuff I bought for the closets and garage.

5 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Camera, September 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: JVC GR-SXM930U Super VHS Palm Sized Camcorder with LCD Monitor (Electronics)

My friend has this camera,

And he gave it to me for my sons birthday,

I started using it right away. no manual. no nothing.

Really great quality nice zoom.

What more do u want ?

;-)

Enjoy.