JVC - JVC GR-D850 Mini DV Camcorder

JVC - JVC GR-D850 Mini DV Camcorder Review



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2008 Writer
MexicanJim
Burbank, CA

JVC Goes for It, and You Win!

4 star rating

technically challenged, sporting tattoos

NOV
25
2008
This pass year JVC threw caution to the wind and decided to go for it. Hardly anyone was paying attention to their camcorders anymore, so in one fell swoop, JVC went and poured all of it's technological knowledge into a small but rugged camcorder called the JVC GR-D850 Mini DV Camcorder, and dumped it on the market for slightly more than $200. The result was not quite what JVC had in mind. The good news was that consumers had a kick-ass model camcorder for a cheap price at their fingertips. The bad news was that hardly anyone even noticed it was there. The result is that the price has been dropping and the kick-assness has remained high.

Like many camcorders and guys you meet in bars, the JVC GR-D850 Mini DV Camcorders can never last as long as you'd like them to. The battery max here is 115 minutes. However, JVC gives you a little readout on the screen to tell you how much time is left. This is cool. Cool too is the stick control on LCD which allows you to simply "press the four "compass points" on the circular control to navigate menu items and manual feature settings during recording and playback." No more jumping through buttons and menus to find everything you need. My favorite cool part is the powerful 35x optical zoom which is unheard of in most cameras costing three or four times more than this JVC.

This little JVC GR-D850 MiniDV Camcorder with 35x Optical Zoom is just a great little camera. Sure, it can't do all the in camera editing and effects like some others, but it more than has you covered during the holidays and on vacations. Plus with a 2.7" LCD Screen, it's easy as pie to use. Not that I ever found pie to be very easy to make, but it is very easy to eat especially with whipped cream. However, I would avoid putting whipped cream on the JVC GR-D850 MiniDV Camcorder with 35x Optical Zoom. It will only get sticky.



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Katrena wrote on Dec 4, 2008 at 6:04AM

Sounds like a nice camcorder.


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