JVC Everio GZ-MG335 30GB Hard Drive Camcorder with 35x Optical Zoom

Review: I bought this Panasonic MiniDV camcorder to replace an old recorder. After reading the reviews I decided to try it. My first question was volume, if the people in the video do not speak very loudly, you could not hear them during playback mode. This was improved even downloaded the video on the computer though. My second question is with the orange glow that many took my video. If I was not in direct lighting, everything came out of an orange and tan color. My biggest problem was the fact that the included software does not work with Vista – the movies played ok in Microsoft Photo Gallery, but I could not use the software. I contacted JVC, which led me to the software’s website, and I would need at least $ 35 for the Vista version of the software to pay. Next problem I had was after taking only about 5 minutes of video, the battery light flashed red and the camera is turned off. The battery was fully charged and died after 5 minutes! Ok, it could have been a defective battery, but at this point I was pretty much done. It was also the cradle is a problem. When I connected the docking station to my external DVD burner over FireWire, she kept telling me to connect a USB cable! It was as if there was no indication that the FireWire was connected. Then, to really hate me this camera is the next time I turned on one message came saying that it is a memory error, a broken something or other, click on “Restore”. All this, and I had the camcorder only 2 days! Needless to say, I returned it. I was very disappointed in the quality of the video and the camcorder itself. I had too much too hard to make it functional to arbeiten.I didn’t give this star, because I am sure that the software would work beautifully am to XP, and the camera itself is very light and easily fits your hand. I just wish it would have worked better, I think I would have really enjoyed it. Rating: 5.2