JVC - Everio G Series GZ-MG37U Camcorder Review

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squirreli
Greencastle, PA

Two for the price of one .....not!

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Pros

NONE

Cons

settings return to default when off, pictures are blurry, movies are blurry, tech support doesn't help after 90 days, takes up major memory, hard to edit movies

NOV

2007

This comcorder was bought specifically for recording high school basketball games to submit to colleges. The picture quality is blurry at best, it doesn't adjust quickly enough for moving objects (players or ball). The mic picks up more noise from the side or "backround" noise than the calls from the refs / players. As for the editing, the directions in the instruction book are unclear,confusing, and when I called tech support they stated "you should have called us first". I have had more problems with this camera/camcorder than with all the others combined. It is suppost to make movies, take picures, make stills from movies. In the instruction book it states that you can move "one" scene to another spot .... change the timeline of the movie. The battery life was excellent when new, I have been having problems lately with the battery staying charge for more than 1 1/2 hrs at a time & if I don't use the camcorder for over a week I need to recharge the battery overnight before using. Daughter took it to a school dance & the light was too bright it discracted & "blinded" friends, but when turned off that part of the movie was so dark we couldn't identify her or her friends.