Sony DCR-DVD650 DVD Handycam® Camcorder

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 6.3 x 4.7 inches ; 2.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001P3O3O0
• Item model number: DCRDVD650
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #173 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)

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  Camera & Photo > Camcorders > Digital DVD

• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 18, 2005

Product Description

Product Description

Shooting high quality video is easy with the Sony® DCR-DVD650 Handycam® camcorder. The powerful 60x optical zoom lens gets you close to the action, while SteadyShotTM image stabilization reduces blur. And with Hybrid recording technology, you can capture it all directly to a DVD, or to removable Memory Stick DuoTM or Memory Stick PRO DuoTM media. 1/8" Advanced HADTM CCD Imager A 1/8" Advanced HADTM (Hole Accumulation Diode) CCD imager with 410K (effective) pixel resolution delivers stunning detail and clarity for exceptional video and still image performance. 60X Optical / 2000X Digital Zoom Ideal for sporting events, wildlife, or distance shooting, 60X optical zoom brings you closer to the action, so you can capture extremely tight shots, even from far away. In addition, Digital Zoom Interpolation means that extreme digital zooming (up to 2000X) is clearer, with less distortion than previous types of digital zooms. DVD-R/-RW/+RW and +R DL (Dual Layer) Compatible The DCR-DVD650 is compatible with a variety of DVD formats (DVD-R/-RW/+RW and +R DL (Dual Layer)6, allowing you to take advantage of the ease-of-use and simplicity found in DVD media. With DVD+RW media, there is no need to finalize the disc (minimum recording required); simply remove and insert the media into a compatible DVD or Blu-ray DiscTM player.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

126 of 129 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good all in all, April 13, 2009

By	Joe Ackbar (Augusta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sony DCR-DVD650 DVD Handycam® Camcorder (Electronics)

Purchased this camera for my wife last month, and have since taken a vacation, and recorded several family gatherings. The video quality this camera gives is wonderful, and creates a steady image, even with my shaky hands. The zoom range is impressive as well. Still images were great during the day, and the camera is FAST. It captures the image almost immediately, better than our stand alone digital camera. The focus isn't always dead on when you move the camera around quickly, but it recovers well enough. The reason for the 4-star rating is that this camera didn't offer a lot in the area of night time picture taking and video capture. The video leaves less to be desired, as the lenses capture enough light to make sense of what is going on, but the camera is not usable at night. Now that may have more to do with the fact that I haven't figured out better settings, or am just completely missing a flash feature I haven't seen, but in either case, I still need to carry around my digital camera for night shots. As a video camera, this product blows everything out of the water that I have ever used in the video quality department. All in all, I am happy with my purchase, and will maybe find that the one shortfall with the product is in fact a problem with the user (me) and not the product.

64 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Sony Camcorder, April 20, 2009

By	K. Berthold "karlb" (Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Sony DCR-DVD650 DVD Handycam® Camcorder (Electronics)

I just bought this camera to replace my old Hitachi camcorder and this camera is awesome. The video quality is great the sound is excellent and it is Mac compatible for those who may be wondering it will work on imovie. But this camera is lightweight and the discs do not need to be finalized before you put them in a dvd player or import them to a computer, you just hook up the usb cord and import the video quick and easy. It does come with it's own software that is only compatible with windows which I dont have so I dont know if its any good.
But so far I am very pleased with this camera perfect for anyone who loves to film themselves and edit the footage. Really good buy for a great price.

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great value purchase, easy to use, almost perfect..., July 29, 2009

By	C. WILLIAMS (Alabama) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Sony DCR-DVD650 DVD Handycam® Camcorder (Electronics)

I've had this item for approximately 6 months and am just now getting into doing reviews. Below are my thoughts on the Sony DCR-DVD650 Handycam Camcorder:

Pros:

Nice design
easy to use
great viewfinder
able to take still pictures in addition to the video
option to use DVD or Memory Stick for recording/photos

Cons:

DVD's on standard quality will only record for 30 minutes-this is not ideal for those wanting to record their childs play, or a graduation or anything that may last longer than 30 minutes. For this you would need a large memory stick to accomodate then you can use your home PC to put the recording from the memory stick to a standard sized DVD.

As expected the digital zoom gets "grainy" in appearance when you zoom in close to the maximum allowed. This is tolerable, but just realize you aren't going to get as good a picture of something you are zooming in on as you would get if the image was actually closer.

All-in-all I am extremely happy with the purchase and think that it is possibly the best buy in its price range. I would purchase it again in a heartbeat. With that said, the day I win the lottery or have a lot of money to spend I'm sure I'd purchase a more expensive model with slightly better zoom and built in memory in addition to the DVD recording capabilities.