Typical price: £800
What is it: Pocket-sized, 3CCD, hard-disk DV camera
What we think: Miraculous. It seems like only yesterday that 3CCD camcorders were the size of tanks, but JVC has stuffed one into a chassis no larger than a mini-bar can of Coke
Compare the JVC Everio GZ-MC500
JVC Everio GZ-MC500 compared to other hard drive camcorders
 JVC Everio GZ-MC500 |
 Sony Handycam HDR-SR8 |
 JVC Everio GZ-MC200 |
 JVC Everio GZ-MG20 |
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| Review date | 31 Aug 07 | 3 Jul 07 | 17 May 05 | 28 Nov 05 |
| Editor's rating |
9.3
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9.2
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8.3
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8.1
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| Price range | £800 | |||
| Review summary | Not only does it look like a professional camcorder, but the MC500's performance matches its appearance. Instead of the more common single CCD, the MC500 uses three separate CCDs to capture a far better clarity of colour. The biggest benefit of the MC500, however, is the size of the thing -- it's tiny Read full review |
The Sony HDR-SR8 and HDR-SR7, which has a smaller 60GB hard drive, are the Rolls Royce of movie cameras -- feeling like a million dollars, shooting like they're heading for Hollywood and handling like a dream. Tech-heads will need to look elsewhere, but everyone else will luxuriate in the effortlessly impressive high-definition movies – and probably struggle to fill that large hard drive Read full review |
It's largely thanks to the massive success of the iPod that microdrives have become so affordable. It was about time some great DV camcorders turned up with hard disks tucked away in their bellies, so we were pleased to find the JVC MC-200 is such a small and elegant use of this technology. Although you'll need to buy additional microdrives to store more than 60 minutes of footage on location, hard disk really is the future of DV Read full review |
Though the MG20 sits at the entry-level of the hard-disk camcorder market, it's an impressive beast indeed. Long record times and good image quality for a single CCD camcorder make this a very tempting buy if you're looking for simplicity and convenience Read full review |
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