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Binding: Electronics
Brand: JVC
Color: Black
Connectivity: AV
Digital Zoom: 80 x
Display Size: 2.7 inches
EAN: 0046838037870
Included Software: Yes
Item Dimensions: 27020972447
Label: JVC
Manufacturer: JVC
Maximum Focal Length: 58 millimeters
Maximum Resolution: 1160000 Pixels
Minimum Focal Length: 2.9 millimeters
Model: GZ-HD300BU
Monitor Size: 270 hundredths-inches
MPN: GZ-HD300BU
Optical Zoom: 20 x
Publisher: JVC
Special Features: nv:Sensor: 3.05 Megapixel; Size: 1/4.1 inches; Image Resolution: 1920 x 1080; Movie Resolution: 1920 x 1080; Recording Definition: High Definition; Memory Included: 60GB Internal; Storage Media Type: Memory Card; Storage Media Type: Internal Hard Disk; Flash Memory Card: Micro SD; Flash Memory Card: SD/SDHC; Compressed Format: JPEG; Movie File Format: AVCHD; Optical Zoom: 20x; Digital Zoom: 200x; Focal Length: 30.5mm; LCD Monitor: 2.7 inches; LCD Pixels: 123,000 pixels; LCD Coverage: 100%; Maximum Aperture: F 1.9
Studio: JVC
Features:- 60 GB HDD for up to 25 hours of 1920x1080 Full HD recording
- 20x optical zoom with Konica Minolta HD lens; Face Detection
- 1920x1080/60P output
- Laser-touch operation with sub-trigger and zoom; one-touch upload to YouTube
- Small, slim design
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Product Description:
holds at least 5 hours of HD video at maximum quality * holds up to 25 hours of standard quality video * records high-def AVCHD video to built-in 60GB hard drive or optional micro SDHC memory cards * 3.05-megapixel CMOS image sensor (1.16 effective for video) * HD Gigabrid Premium image processor * x.v.Color technology * 20X optical zoom lens (200X digital zoom) * digital image stabilization * built-in Dolby® Digital stereo microphone * touch-sensitive scroll bar and buttons * face detection technology * one touch video upload to YouTube and your iTunes® library * high-speed USB port *
Average Rating: 
Rating: -
This camcorder is dead simple to use. Open it up and you're ready to go. Simplicity, however, means you give up control and that started to bug me pretty quickly. For those of you who want to shoot video without leaping technical hurdles, this could be a good camera for you. Recording direct to a hard drive is cool, however, that means you'll need to have a lot of storage space on your computer to archive your movies. Or you can archive to DVDs, I suppose but that may be where the simplicity breaks down for some people. Digital acquisition is where things are headed, though. Tape is dead.
Rating: -
JVC continues to build on and refine its handheld cams.
I thought I'd use this for a few months before reviewing, just to see how it held up. It has been completely dependable and willing to go the distance time and time again. Picture quality is great; sound quality is as good as one has a right to expect from a little cam-mounted mini-mike. It does fine, but nobody will be cutting a cd from the jvc audiotrack any time soon.
The non-hd picture quality continues to be good, and the hd pic is excellent as well. The controls are easy to use and reasonably intuitive, though some of the touch controls can be a little too responsive.
The drawback as always is the software. Almost anything in the world is more useful than the programs that come bundled with the camera. This is, of course, and easy issue to rectify, but it's worth knowing about up front.
Rating: -
I purchased this camcorder not too long ago from best buy. Its a very good quality camera. Its small and lightweight with easy navigation options on the main screen. It doesnt have IR lighting however if you want to shoot in pitch black but it does have a normal light that illuminates about 3 feet in front of you. You also cannot shoot in black and white or sepia tone. My old camcorder was a sony mini DV, I actually wish I had kept it for certain occassions like shooting in black and white but overall I like the HD picture. You can also take snapshots and use it as a digital camera if you dont want to purchase an actual camera.
Now on to the software which is why I gave this 4 stars instead of 5. Its crap...you can shoot and upload your movies in HD yes, but if you use the software function to upload directly to youtube, it wont be in HD and wont even take up the full movie viewer that youtube uses nowadays. You need a movie editing tool like windows movie maker to process your raw video into a windows movie file first then upload that to youtube. I know it sounds complicated but thats the only way it will show up full screen and in HD on youtube. Also the files are uploaded to your computer from the usb as some strange file that your computer will not recognize. Only windows movie maker recognizes the extension so use that to edit your movies. You can convert the raw files to windows movie files but this degrades the picture quality considerably and shrink the resolution so its pointless unless using it for itunes.
All in all worth 600 bucks. I just wish it had a pitch black IR light. You can still purchase big IR lights on amazon for relatively cheap so it doesnt really matter.
Rating:  -
I used to work in tv, and have extensive experience of video cameras.
This little jvc promises so much, yet somehow fails to deliver. Three things really irritate, and make it almost useless.
1. The zoom is jerky mechanically and electrically. And the steady shot doesn't really help either. [When can we have smooth motorised zoom - like we had 20 years ago on analogue cameras the size of a wardrobe?]
2. Its very narrow angle lens means that to capture a person standing full height, you need to be 25 feet away. So can't really see what's going on. This is particularly exacerbated by having a wide-screen format only - lots of width, no height. Fine for blockbusters, hopeless for shooting youtube type day-to-day talking heads type stuff. Sometimes you just need a 4:3 format and this hasn't got it! (Also this is pathetic on a pc - which of course is generally not widescreen so letterbox effect infuriates here too)
3. There's no external audio inputs ! What's the point of having HQ HDD video if the audio is crap from silly built-in mic? And if you're 25 feet away from your subject what do these pick up? Just distant mumble and hum, that's what!
Useless camera designed by a software team, not by (or for) real video users. If it wasn't a birthday present, I'd ask for my money back!
PS and the battery lasts doesn't seem to last any time at all - I'm getting less than 30 mins. Which is also useless.
Don't buy this camera! Don't even accept it as a gift!
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I want to create a DVD from the JVC GZ-HD300AU that will play on a DVD player (not just on a computer) so we can share videos with family members. Can anyone help? PLease?
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