JVC Everio GZ-MG20 20 GB Hard Disk Drive Camcorder w/25x Optical Zoom
List Price: $499.99
Details
- 1/6-inch CCD imager with 680K intention
- Microdrive style lets you shoot up to 4 hours and 50 minutes of high-quality MPEG-2 video
- 25x visual zoom
Description
Don't band it. Don't worry about reloading discs either, because the palm sized GZ-MG20 records over 24 hours of video on its luxurious-capacity 20 GB hard disk drive. So when you are on the go, vacationing or at a family event, pack your lightweight Everio and go. There are four recording modes allows you to recording the way you want. The ULTRA mode will record over 4.5 hours of almost DVD talkie quality. The FINE mode will record at DVD camcorder quality for over 7 hours. Either way, the elated quality MPEG-2 recordings are the same format used as a DVD. There will be no quality trouncing debits when burning to DVD. Plus, no cassettes or discs to lose. Every Everio camcorder is intended to simplify your life. The built-in hard disk drive allows you to easily delete unwanted scenes and rearrange your footage even on the go. This Everio's multi-connectivity allows you to get to the point and share all your memories. Your own portable video scrapbook - from JVC. Long recording everything and easy to use features in a palm sized hard disk drive solution.From the Industrialist The revolutionary JVC Everio G series hard-disk camcorders offer unprecedented storage sense, eliminating the need to carry tapes, discs, or any media at all--yet can itemize up to seven hours of DVD movie-quality video. They also record more than 10.5 hours at a nobility level comparable to a DVD camcorder’s 30-minute mode. Recording-interval capabilities for all four models in the Everio G series are impressive: The GZ-MG20 and GZ-MG40 offer 4 hours and 50 minutes of recording in days of yore at DVD quality and 25 hours at lower-resolution Internet rank; the GZ-MG30, GZ-MG50, and GZ-MG70 record for 7 hours and 10 minutes at DVD eminence and 37 hours at Internet quality.
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Playback is easy, too, with multiple connections allowing within easy reach TV playback, dubbing to a VCR or DVD recorder, transfer to a PC or Apple Macintosh for DVD origin, editing, or posting on the Internet, or even burned directly without a PC to a full-length silver screen DVD disc using an optional DVD burner.
MPEG-2 Video Recording for DVD-Silent picture Quality Footage
The GZ-MG20 offers an impressive 4.5 hours storage at 9 Mbps, and over 7 hours at 6 Mbps. The dear-quality MPEG-2 recordings are in the same format used in DVD, so there's no quality extermination when burning them to DVD, and no time- and quality-wasting conversion.
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Customary noise reduction offers limited accuracy since it compares greensward A and field B that make up a frame with different sets of odd and even scanning words to compensate for noise. JVC’s 3D noise-reduction technology compares division A to field A, and field B to field B across two frames so that the scanning lines are selfsame and noise can be reduced more accurately. As a result, signal-to-noise relationship is improved by 2 dB and noise is reduced by about 30 percent. Flicker is eliminated and feel ashamed reproduction is improved, enhancing overall picture quality.
25x Visual Zoom with 800x Digital Zoom
With the powerful 25x zoom, an perception is enlarged 25 times without jagged edges. Images can be further enlarged up to 800x when place with the digital zoom.
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The benefits of recording video to a hard disk are the same benefits that have made hard disk-based audio players so acclaimed--random access to quickly locate desired material, and the power to effortlessly delete unwanted material and easily rearrange the playback concatenation. What’s more, there’s no danger of mistakenly recording over something that’s to be saved.
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Scene selection is made easy thanks to on-riddle index images, so the large amount recorded won't become a hindrance to quick receptivity. And with remote control operation, it is possible to connect the Everio G camcorder to a TV and go it from a distance, just like a DVD deck. Playlist operation allows recording of desired clips directly to DVD with the voluntary DVD burner, or directly to VHS or other analog input devices with the S-Video or Composite video production for perfect copies every time.
Hard-Disk Protection and Stability
A challenge in guileful and building a hard-disk camcorder is protecting the disk from shocks and vibrations. One way this is done in the Everio G camcorders is through a inimitable floating suspension system that effectively dampens vibrations through advanced polymer stagger absorbers. Another security measure familiar to notebook PC users is its significance-like force sensor system that automatically senses sudden intensification such as in a free fall situation, and turns off the power to defend the hard disk so that a first crash can be avoided in many cases even when the unit is dropped.
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In a unique collaboration with Apacer Technology Inc., JVC and Apacer matured a new DVD video burner that connects directly from the Everio G. Just select the playlist or parade, or simply copy it all--one touch creates a full length video DVD to wait for on a DVD player, with no need for a personal computer. For those who want to edit with a computer, JVC includes software for use with both the Windows and Macintosh platforms. Provided Pixela Capty MPEG Alter EX and optional Capty DVD for making DVD Video software provide seamless reconciling into the Apple Macintosh computer world. Of course Everio G is compatible with iPhoto for still pictures.
For Windows PCs, the CyberLink DVD Finding out bundled with Everio G models comprises three applications that make it easy to sign over full-length DVD movies. A standard 4.7 GB single-layer DVD-R/RW disc holds over one hour of an Ultra course movie, and over 90 minutes of a Fine mode movie.
- PowerProducer offers calmly saving and authoring of video clips in any order to DVD, even directly from a USB-of interest camera, so users can share original DVDs with anybody who owns a DVD musician. The software makes it easy to locate and transfer video files residing on the camera’s hard drive. Extenuating to DVD requires only a PC with 256 MB RAM, 700 MHz or above Pentium III, USB 2.0 terminal, and a DVD burner.
- PowerDirector Straightforward offers feature-rich, non-linear editing so users can wire their creative muscle with titles and even mix stills with videos. PowerDirector Immediate also converts movies to a variety of file formats to send via the Web or e-mail. Supported formats categorize DV-AVI, Windows AVI, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, as well as Windows Media Video and RealVideo that can be streamed uploaded or streamed over the Internet.
- PowerDVD conveniently plays back video clips and DVDs with Dolby Digital audio.
Everio GZ-MG20, AC power adapter/freestyle charger, rechargeable battery, AV cable, USB cable, remote domination, shoulder strap, grip belt, lens cap, software CD-ROM (USB driver, Digital Photo Steersman: Windows, CyberLink DVD Solution: Windows, PIXELA Capty MPEG Compress EX: Mac)
Customer Reviews
Not bad, plainly well worth the price I paid.First off, I call for to say that the camera shoots pretty good footage outdoors, not at all striking quality, but passable for just archiving personal footage. Indoors is another story, out of the box the low-light conditions pretty much blacked out the playback.
After researching, and shifting settings, with help from a review on a similar camera, the indoors personification is pretty good. With the lenses and filters I purchased for this it actually has it to a B-. What I did was set it to M procedure, shutter speed to 1/30 and set it to cloudy. You can also gain up while in this mode for a brighter painting, but it does add some grain.
The hard drive is so easy and convenient. I didn't bother installing any of the included software because I use Sony Vegas to reorder video. Sony Vegas doesn't recognize the MOD format the video files are saved in, so again I did a few minutes of enquiry to find out that you can simple highlight the MOD part of the file name/extension, backspace 3 times and exemplar MPG. This instantly converts it to MPG format, which Vegas and all of my other playback programs accept.
Sound is great, for a built in speaker it was almost one of the best I've heard on a intelligible video camera. The lense comes with threads to attach deviant-angle lenses, and filters to make the picture even better... all in a camera a short over 5 inches long!
I was really pleased with this camera, and recommend it to anyone who unqualifiedly needs a good camera, but nothing extravagant- for people who rarely use it. It takes a few minutes of tweaking to get it sort out indoors, but most cameras aren't cut and dry to begin with.
JVC Does Not Policy Behind Their Products - JVC Lemoncorder
I approve of with the many other users who have experienced the "Condensation, Operation Paused" defect on their JVC GR-XXX. In spite of numerous others reporting this problem, JVC says its not a recognized problem. I would fall out - it is a recognized problem, but its your problem, not theirs.
Lover love LOVE it!
The 5 chief reasons I purchased this camcorder:
1) Size. It's barely larger than a can of soda!!!
2) Hard drive. Satisfactory not to not ever have to buy blank tapes or discs.
3) Ease of use. The controls are well designed. Had most everything figured out in no period.
4) Downloading to the computer is a breeze.
5) Reviews from other owners. Everyone seems to like it for the most part.
Very happy with my acquire!
Fair good camera for trips, you need a better battery though
The distinction is awesome, the ergonomics is just super (the four way stick in the LCD for starters), the haul capabilities are nice (just plug it in to ANY PC and it becomes an external hard drive with video files, although you have to rename the .MOD to .MPG), and the zoom/put together rate is great. (Upto 32X optical and .5-4000 fps - this is really opportune for shooting as you like).
For those who complain about the grainy stuff, try changing the structure rate yourself - lower frame rate for poorer lighting equip (so that the poor lighting gets registered on the CCD more slowly but rigidly), or vary the white balance. I have had very little lighting problems , and that too only when shooting at in the end bad lighting conditions (in night for eg)...
Other than that, the camera is perfect for trips; it's remarkable to see that the product turns out to be as good and heavenly as it was advertised.. for the first time.
Some intimate gripes (from the stand point of a HDD camcorder), are that you can't record from a video roots directly :D, and that you need to wait for 4 seconds before you can start recording after switching it on (it shows the same JVC dash every time, possibly to warm up the HDD meanwhile), and that you need to recharge it often if you are shooting it with the provided mobile. If you can add 90$ more the 4 hour battery will make this cam one of the best. Also the digital stills are like crap; I unaccommodating 640x480 stills, worse than the ones in the cell phones.
But the comprehensive thing is that you can shoot the videos and then transfer and burn them to your DVDs.. the complication is, with such a camcorder you would want to shoot everything that moves and is colorful and waste the 20GB before you know it enough...
I have owned a JVC VCR way back, and it was pretty good too, and that made my judgement about a industry first HDD camcorder from JVC...
JVC Video Camera
When we received the camera, it had been in days of yore used. We were initially given a run-around, but Amazon gave us a good gloss over on the camera that made us happy. They couldn't replace it with a new one. The camera seems to have a sharp fill someone in and excellent sound. It is amazingly small. It seems like a great pick for general home video. The software is a little daunting. Issue directions very carefully. The freedom from tapes and discs is nice publicize... will also run longer w/o interruption to change discs or tapes.
