johnh(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Friday, 16th April 2004, 08:43
I have just bought one of these from www.bedirect.co.uk.
Samsung VPD230 Digital Camera with 2.5" LCD Screen Mini DV Format 0 Lux Night Capture 10 x Optical Zoom, 800 Digital Zoom Digital Camera Facility 2.5 " LCD Screen Size MPEG4 Movie Clip Memory Stick Slot Image stabiliser 800 x Digital Zoom Built-in Digital Camera Digital effects Programme AE modes USB Streaming Only 400g in Weight
£279.89
Jessops - 379.90 Pixmania - £431.00
RE: Samsung mini Camcorder
abraham_love(Competent) posted this on Friday, 16th April 2004, 09:50
Hey,
Have you found an reviews on this? Detail on the net is hard to find. I see that it`s an SC-D230 in the US, but still can`t find any reviews.
I think I`m gonna go for the new Sony HC18 - £318 from PRCdirect.co.uk - but watch the prices - Amazon over the last week have come down from 399-->349-->329 so I think I`ll buy it from there. £499 in the high street. Nice review at camcorderinfo.com
RE: Samsung mini Camcorder
bob_taylor834(Harmless) posted this on Monday, 10th May 2004, 15:42
I am looking to purchase a camcorder (miniDV)
Was about to settle for a Sony HC18, but walked into Dixons and they showed me Samsung VPD230 on special. It had all these extra features for better price than sony. Then today found same site as you mentioned for best price.
BUT I am very nervous because not sure about samsung, or whether lense quality/ noise from machine/ and audio quality ie mic onto cam/ as good as Sony.
Have you had any problems todate? Would you recommend Samsung?
RE: Samsung mini Camcorder
Scramble(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Monday, 10th May 2004, 17:59
I will recommend Samsung.
Every bit of kit I have branded "Samsung" is top notch.
I have a monitor, TV, DECT Phone and DVD player.
Even their components such as memory is good.
Most Jap stuff is good quality.
RE: Samsung mini Camcorder
pareece(Competent) posted this on Monday, 10th May 2004, 18:22
i got one of these from dixons last week for the 329 price comes with bag and a couple of tapes, pleased as punch with it just waiting for the memory stick to come so i can play with the digital camera.. don`t know if its any good but the cheapest price i could find for 128 mem stick was 23.44 delivered from 7 day shop..don`t suppose any one no`s where to get a spare battery for it??
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RE: Samsung mini Camcorder
Chris Muriel(Competent) posted this on Monday, 10th May 2004, 18:41
"Most Jap stuff is good quality."
But Samsung are Korean .
Chris Muriel, Manchester.
RE: Samsung mini Camcorder
atc1344(Competent) posted this on Tuesday, 11th May 2004, 07:28
Get your spare batteries on ebay I spent $13 (inc postage) on a spare battery for my Canon MV700 which would have cost over £50 had I bought a genuine Canon. I`ve used it a couple of times and it seems to work perfectly.
RE: Samsung mini Camcorder
Scramble(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Wednesday, 12th May 2004, 22:10
It depends on what you are buying.......
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RE: Samsung mini Camcorder
zerocool242001(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Friday, 21st May 2004, 19:04
hi pareece mate, is the memory stick the 128mb sony one, not too sure of which one to get, could any1 kindly giv us a link to any shops that sell a memory stick for this camcorder, btw sure is a wonderful piece of kit for £269 notes, lol
RE: Samsung mini Camcorder
pareece(Competent) posted this on Sunday, 23rd May 2004, 19:17
got the memory stick from 7 dayshop.co.uk yesterday [ took just over a week ] the make is I-O DATA . played with it { in the camera } and no probs. only thing was when i put the soft ware into pc for transfer etc would not work anybody with any ideas
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