Home :: Cameras :: Camcorders :: Digital Camcorders :: Digital MiniDV  

Digital DVD
Digital MicroMV
Digital MiniDV

Digital Tapeless
Digital8
JVC GRDVP3U MiniDV Digital Camcorder with Built-in Digital Still Mode

JVC GRDVP3U MiniDV Digital Camcorder with Built-in Digital Still Mode

List Price: $1,699.99
Your Price:
Product Info Reviews

<< 1 2 >>

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best features for the size
Review: Best camera i've seen for the size and for the price. A must buy if your the type that like to capture moments but would not like to carry around a big bulky machine.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Huge Performance, Tiny Size
Review: Call it what you want, but the GR-DVP3U deserves it's place in the museum. Its heavy, nasty and cumbersome. The stills taken by it are a disgrace and shouldnt be allowed to classify itself as a stills camera. The software is sooooo hard to use and the side panel keeps falling off on mine. Whatever you do......dont buy this, Its not something to be stolen. Even if your room mate has stolen it! THE NOBODYS are doing the wrong thing when its team doesnt need its star players working elsewhere.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: I cant believe how dire this is!!!!!!
Review: Call it what you want, but the GR-DVP3U deserves it's place in the museum. Its heavy, nasty and cumbersome. The stills taken by it are a disgrace and shouldnt be allowed to classify itself as a stills camera. The software is sooooo hard to use and the side panel keeps falling off on mine. Whatever you do......dont buy this, Its not something to be stolen. Even if your room mate has stolen it! THE NOBODYS are doing the wrong thing when its team doesnt need its star players working elsewhere.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best features for the size
Review: I agree with other people talking about DVP3U's bad still image quality. However, camcorders are not supposed to take still images. If you buy any camcorders, you won't be satisfied with its still image. (Sony Mega pixel ones are just ok). The movie quality of this camcorder is great (audio is not as good but you can easily attach zoom mike on top).

To the main point. You can buy great super-quality camcorders like Sony VX-2000 or canon XL-1 (with 3CDD) and take hollyhood quality movies. However, if you don't carry it with you most of the time, you won't be able to make any movie at all. If you don't use it, there is no need for super-quality, mega pixel, etc. For this reason, DVP3U is one of best mini camcorders I've used. It fits in my jean pocket and I carry it with me anywhere I go. The battery life is short but you can buy two extra (2hour battery) .... That will be enough for continous use of this awesome camcorder.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Size has the point!
Review: I agree with other people talking about DVP3U's bad still image quality. However, camcorders are not supposed to take still images. If you buy any camcorders, you won't be satisfied with its still image. (Sony Mega pixel ones are just ok). The movie quality of this camcorder is great (audio is not as good but you can easily attach zoom mike on top).

To the main point. You can buy great super-quality camcorders like Sony VX-2000 or canon XL-1 (with 3CDD) and take hollyhood quality movies. However, if you don't carry it with you most of the time, you won't be able to make any movie at all. If you don't use it, there is no need for super-quality, mega pixel, etc. For this reason, DVP3U is one of best mini camcorders I've used. It fits in my jean pocket and I carry it with me anywhere I go. The battery life is short but you can buy two extra (2hour battery) .... That will be enough for continous use of this awesome camcorder.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Huge Performance, Tiny Size
Review: I just get this camcorder, and i take it on vacation and the video and sound performance was great, almost perfect, the still photo has an a bad side, that if you take pictures in dark places this would grow or let see a bigger pixel than if you take the in good light. So the only low that i put in this fabulous camcorder is of taking still photos in the dark.
But is great all the extras it has in such small space like the MP3 capability or the direct conversion for MPG4 videos, if you want a camera so small you have to spect some lows about it but i only find one. Also is great al the comunication devices that come with it, to connect it to the TV or to your PC or MAC.
No other brand give you so much Software in this category.
I hope this review help some one else.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Should've bought a Sony DCRIP5 instead!!!
Review: I just got this camcorder and I got very disappointed. It was impossible for me to use it on an outdoor party at night.

With the price, I thought this camcorder would be better than Sony DCRIP5 which my friend just bought. And the Sony camcorder works just perfect despite the fact that it's even smaller than this JVC camcorder.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Should've bought a Sony DCRIP5 instead!!!
Review: I just got this camcorder and I got very disappointed. It was impossible for me to use it on an outdoor party at night.

With the price, I thought this camcorder would be better than Sony DCRIP5 which my friend just bought. And the Sony camcorder works just perfect despite the fact that it's even smaller than this JVC camcorder.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Well worthed the money
Review: I received this camcorder for my birthday, and since then I love it more and more and more. It's so small that I carry it around in my Otter-Box, it fit perfectly, and it's waterproof. The tapes are vbery small and the quality very good, plus I can hook it up to my tv and watch my recording like a regular movie. The pictures are not that good, but that is not important if you think at the quality of the movie you can film. The battery is a little too short-life for me, unless I record the whole 60 minutes tape in a few long recordings. If I turn off and on the unit too much in a day, I have to recharge the battery before I finish the tape. I went to buy the battery, but it is too expensive, over $100.
In conclusion, I love this unit and I try to use it as much as possible.

Ciao Aldo

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: tiny wonder
Review: I was looking for a light digital camcorder suitable for travel. The GR-DVP3U was a good solution. The camera is tiny and light - also made of metal so its durable. Pros: Great video, pretty good in low light, small. Cons: Stills are low res, battery life, no RCA in. Nice toy.


<< 1 2 >>

© 2004, ReviewFocus or its affiliates