Vivitar Dvr810 8.0 Megapixel Hd Digital Video Recorder

by Vivitar

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001VIK1PY
• Item model number: DVR810
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,170 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 12, 2009

Product Description

Capture the moment in vivid video or stills - the DVR 810HD does both! When you're done, print your still directly to a Pictbridge compatible printer (no PC required) or share your videos which are stored on convenient SD media cards.

Customer Reviews

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72 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars You get what you pay for!!, July 31, 2009

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Butch "peachr" (King, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vivitar Dvr810 8.0 Megapixel Hd Digital Video Recorder (Electronics)

Pros: Uses 4 AAA penlight batteries. Uses an 8 GB HDSD card. Cons: Many - See text. I bought this camera because past Vivitar 35mm film cameras I have owned have been very good. I wanted a small light weight rugged video camera to keep on my motorcycle to video weekend excursions in the mountains. This camcorder seemed ideal until I got it home and started working with it. This camera is supposed to have 720P HD quality. It does not. It does have the correct picture size but the picture quality is very poor and when panning it is jerky. The lens is fixed focus and the image on this camera is always slightly out of focus both in video and picture mode. The camera will adjust to light variations but the adjustments are very jerky and pronounced. The color is washed out. The video is pixilated on a computer monitor screen even in the highest resolution settings when viewing the movies at full screen. The file format is AVI which is not the best in the world. The camera will record about 1.5 hours on an 8 GB HDSD card in the "720P" mode and a little over 2 hours in the 640X480 mode. There is a joy stick sticking out of the back of the camera that is used to change various settings and features. This Joy stick is very flimsy and will probably break fairly soon. There is no built in protection (guards) to keep from hitting it against anything. The record button is beside it and it creates a very loud CLICK on the movie when you hit STOP. The Zoom feature is also a very flimsy control on top of the camera. The Zoom feature is a digital CROP only and at 25% zoom the image is very out of focus. Much above 25% and the image is so pixilated that it is barely recognizable. There is a low light setting but most of the indoor video I shot in normal room light was fairly poor. This camera has unacceptable low light capability. The viewing screen will only move horizontally. You can not pivot the screen up or down. I found that to be annoying. Also, the speaker is inside the camera covered by the viewing screen when the screen is folded against the camera. I was not able to find a volume control. My suggestion is to consider buying a little more expensive camera. The reason you are buying a camcorder is to save memories. Keep your memories with the best quality you can afford. Please note, this review is only based on this one camera. I was not able to find any reviews on this model before I bought it. I wish I could have. I am going to return this one with no intentions of swapping for another one like it. Good Luck. I hope this helps you on your quest.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Agree with others, October 24, 2009

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Miles Hoffmann (Famous Potatoes, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vivitar Dvr810 8.0 Megapixel Hd Digital Video Recorder (Electronics)

Pros: small and easy to handle .. ("woooo", good for the kiddies to handle..)
Cons: MANY ! No mic input, AAA battery size (wish it was AA for more life and easier usage for rechargeables), software was my biggest issue: Got the "Blue Screen of Death" after installing the software - totally crashed my system! If more time was spent on this camera from Vivitar, it would have been a lot better camera .. oh, the slot underneath to put the SD chip is a total joke!

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Seriously??, August 14, 2009

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C. Cross (TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vivitar Dvr810 8.0 Megapixel Hd Digital Video Recorder (Electronics)

Run, do not walk, AWAY from this camcorder.

Cons-
packaging - no where does it tell you what type of batteries, if any it needs. It does tell you that it is HD video 720, it fails to mention that it only gets this "quality" at 20 FPS. REALLY?? 20 FPS for HD?? HAHAHA, you are joking right? Nope, unfortunately I am not.
Battery cover - Cannot be removed while this was attached to my tripod. Fortunately I figured this out before I needed the information, I had to take the cover off completely before securing it to my tripod mount in case I needed to change the batteries.
Power - does not have a port for an external power source.
Zoom - Why do manufacturers even put digital zoom on any cameras? Worthless. Also, my zoom button will zoom in, but not back out. Likely a defect and not representitave of this product. The only way I was able to get the zoom back out to fully wide, was to turn the power off then back on. (I am sooo glad that I monkey around with things before I actually need them)...
Focus - it is fixed and it is off with no way to resolve it.
Build - No bones about it - it is flimsy! And the flip out screen only flips out, does not swivel. For $100 I guess that is what I should expect though.

Pros - um....can use AAA batteries and not a propriatary battery. Has a slot for a SD card - only up to 8GB...

Overall I am extreemely dissappointed with this camera. I went to the store for a Kodak Zi6, and if they were not out of them *and* if i didn't need to capture my childrens play today, I would not be writing this review. I will be returning this camera and looking for the Kodak.