Customer Reviews

Sony CCD-TRV58 Hi8mm Camcorder

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I just used this camcorder after my son came home with it and I am impressed. Ease of use, picture quality,sound and lightweight.All 5 stars in my book. Priced right for the working stiff also. Nightshot feature is great. I'm on my way out to "grab hold of one" now.

I purchased this because I was missing my daughter's Christmas pageant. My wife had it down in minutes, the pictures were great. I bought it at circuit city. I could have gone on line at Circuit City's website bought at the same price and received a free tote bag and tripod with a website coupon.

This camera is very cheap (less than 400 bucks, I bought one here in L.A. and it was made in China) but the quality and performace is very good! I recommend this product to those person looking for a cheap camcorder but the quality/performace is very good.

I have a lot of Hi8 tapes (all family memories) that I needed to transfer to DVD or other kind of storage because of technology changes. I bought all the software and hardware needed for the job. This camera was going to be used to read the tapes and allow transfer of image and sound to editing equipment. It turns out the camcorder could show pictures but the sound system was dead. I tested the same tapes, replacing this camera with cameras I borrowed and determined it was faulty. Unfortunately, I was distructed by many important things (I wanted to save those memories because my wife had just passed away!) and did not return the item on time. I felt betrayed because the project was important to me and this item was advertized as "Like New, in original packaging"! Since then, this camcorder is sitting in my storage room completely useless. This bad purchase has kept me away from Amazon.com for quite some time!

Theo

I think that this product blows the other products out of the water. This product is very easy to operate and handle. It is good for filming movies or for school projects like taping a play for extra credit.

I received the "HandyCam" for Christmas,wow!,I'm Very impressed.I've looked at many,this is more than I could've hoped for.The Options,like "title",fading,special effects are Great!,& Sooo Many!. Thanks Mom & Dad! *wink*

The unit will power on but will not play tapes. I tried several 8mm pre-recorded tapes and the unit will not play them.

I had this camera for a long time and never had a problem with it. Battery still holds full charge, almost everything still works great. Recently, the tape slow won't close, so I couldn't use it anymore. I was so imnpressed with the problem free camera, that I bought my wife (and me) the same style, but newer model camera! The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was because of the tape slot

I recieved this camera as a gift and used it 6 times before the amplifier went out, so that when you were watching your videos-you got sound, but no picture. This happened with our first camera, but you could see the video but there was no sound-also the amplifier. Unfortunatly it didn't fall under warranty so we have a broken camera lying around and must buy a new one. I give it three stars because for the time that I was able to use it, it was a great camera. If you do decide to buy this one-maybe think about an extended warranty?

This is the best camera that i ever had