Sony DCR-SR100 Camcorder

Sony DCR-SR100 Camcorder

User Rating: Sony DCR-SR100 Camcorder (15 reviews)
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videomaker.com Professional Review.

Sony DCR-SR100 Hard Drive Camcorder

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Talk about the whole package, the Sony DCR-SR100 Handycam Camcorder not only captures sharp digital video directly to a 30-gigabyte hard drive, but it also serves as a decent digital still camera as well

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Pros: Crisp, clear picture Versatile Large Storage Compact design
Cons: No headphone jack, Limited manual controls, Small record button
alaTest.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.4 star(s) Review summary of Sony DCR-SR100

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alaTest has collected and analysed 245 reviews of Sony DCR-SR100 from international magazines and websites.

Review Verdict: Experts rate this product 71/100 and users 81/100. Comparing these reviews to 82288 other Camcorders reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 88/100 = Very Good.

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laptopmag.com Professional Review.

Sony DCR-SR100

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Sony's HDD cam delivers MiniDV performance, at least when compression doesn't compromise the picture.

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cnet.co.uk Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.7 star(s) Sony Handycam DCR-SR100

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Single-chip hard drive-based camcorder with touch-screen interface

Review Verdict: The Sony Handycam DCR-SR100 is a solid hard-drive-based option, especially if you like Sony's touch-screen interfaces

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QuickTake:

Pros: Superior image quality for a single-chip, MPEG-2 camcorder; decent still photos; hotshoe for a light or a microphone; fluid and fast focus
Cons: Too dependent on its touch-screen interface; small LCD
cnet.com.au Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.5 star(s) Sony Handycam DCR-SR100 Review - Camcorders

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For those who want to do away with tape and don't want to worry about manual controls, this might just be the easiest HDD camcorder available -- but check it works with your computer first!

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QuickTake:

Pros: Seven hours of recording storage, Drop sensor, "Empty" feature for clearing the hard drive, Carl Zeiss lens, Nice touchscreen
Cons: All manual settings are menu driven, Check computer operating system compatibility, No external battery charger
asia.cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.7 star(s) Sony DCR-SR100E (30GB)

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The Sony Handycam DCR-SR100E is a solid hard-drive-based option, especially if you like Sony's touch-screen interfaces.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Superior image quality for a single-chip, MPEG-2 camcorder; decent still photos; hotshoe for a light or a microphone; fluid and fast focus.
Cons: Too dependent on its touch-screen interface; small LCD.
pcmag.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3 star(s) Sony DCR-SR100 30GB Handycam Camcorder

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Review Verdict: The DCR-SR100 30, Sony's first hard drive camcorder, is the best of its kind thus far, but it hasn't attained EC quality yet.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Very good video quality. Includes a viewfinder. Excellent night mode.
Cons: Expensive for a hard drive camcorder. Still-image features could be better. Bulky.
zdnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.7 star(s) Sony Handycam DCR-SR100

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Sony may not be the first manufacturer to enter the hard drive camcorder market--that distinction goes to JVC's Everio models. But with excellent video quality and fluid operation, the Sony Handycam DCR-SR100 puts all but the more expensive JVC 500 series

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digitaltrends.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4 star(s) Sony DCR-SR100

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Introduction   I was there when it happened at CES. In January, Sony executives announced they were entering the hard-disc drive camcorder category, a new type of home video...

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QuickTake:

Pros: 3.3MP CCD; 30GB HDD; 5.1 Dolby Digital sound; color viewfinder
Cons: Colors a bit washed out; no memory card slot; awkward placement of mode dial
goodgearguide.com.au Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.5 star(s) Sony Handycam DCR-SR100

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Review Verdict: The Sony DCR-SR100 is one of the first hard disk based camcorders on the market, and demonstrates why the technology is here to stay.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Good quality video and still pictures, easy to use software, lots of features
Cons: Large frame, slightly awkward to hold, clunky interface
engadget.com Professional Review.

Sony's DCR-SR100 disk-based camcorder reviewed

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Remember that hot Sony DCR-SR100 disk-based Handycam we first set eyes to at CES? Yeah, the one with a 30GB hard disk, 3.3 megapixel sensor, 2.7-inch touch-screen LCD, and 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound recording -- that one. Well, CamcorderInfo laid fist-to-pr

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easycamcorders.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.05 star(s) Quick Camcorder Reviews: Sony DCR-SR100 Camcorder

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The DCR-SR100 was, earlier in 2006, Sony's first hard disk drive (HDD) camcorder. Many models have since been added to the line, including the impressive high definition AVCHD model, the HDR-SR1, and three... well, less-impressive models rounding out the

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camcorderinfo.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.05 star(s) Sony DCR-SR100 Camcorder Review

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A pattern is emerging. JVC puts a product out on the market, one that everyone wants. The hot new thing. Then Sony, seizing on the opportunity, leapfrogs over JVC with a slightly better version, and takes home the spoils. It happened with high definition,

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gadgetguy.com.au Professional Review.

Sony DCRSR100 - Gadget Guy Australia

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The Sony DCR-SR100E is a small brick-shaped camera, dominated by the rather large circular housing holding the optics and tiny flash. Behind this is an automatic leaf-type lens cover which protects the Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* (F=1.8-2.9) lens when not

Review Verdict: The addition of a more fully featured MPEG editing software package would take this camera to another level, but it remains a one-chip camera that records in MPEG and will remain limited by those characteristics

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QuickTake:

Pros: Ease of use, length of video recording, simplicity of recognition of unit by XP computer, extreme close up ability.
Cons: Average images, next-to-useless editing software, small image in 4:3 on the LCD monitor, on-camera battery charging, no manual white balance.
cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.7 star(s) Sony Handycam DCR-SR100 Reviews

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Review Verdict: The Sony Handycam DCR-SR100 is a solid hard-drive-based option, especially if you like Sony's touch-screen interfaces.

Read full review at cnet.com

QuickTake:

Pros: Superior image quality for a single-chip, MPEG-2 camcorder; decent still photos; hotshoe for a light or a microphone; fluid and fast focus.
Cons: Too dependent on its touch-screen interface; small LCD.
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