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Summary: Incredible Value
Review: Extremely well done - top to bottom.NOTE for Macintosh Users: Cannot interface via USB. But no worries, a FireWire cable makes the camcorder totally compatible with Macintosh. Must get a "4-to-6-pin Thin FireWire cable" and use the iLink DV interface on the camcorder. After you get this $$$ cable from Apple, everything else is trivial. An hour later we were editing our video clips in iMovie. (The USB cable supplied with the camcorder by Sony is useless for Macintosh.)
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Summary: Why we picked the TRV22 instead...
Review: Factors important to us in selecting the TRV22 product, rather than the TRV19, in roughly this order, were:
* it uses MiniDV tapes, which I preferred to DVDs and CDs and other media because of resolution, cost, and ease of use
* it uses the same memory sticks as our still camera
* it includes an A>D coverter - that is, it has an input so I can connect our VCR and transfer old VHS tapes (like our honeymoon) to DVD; to do that otherwise would have meant a 100-200 dollar device added to the camera or our PC
* it includes 3 forms of digital output (S, USB, and firewire) so that I can transfer the memory stick and miniDV to a PC, for storage and backup and uploading and DVDs
* it had a good lens (Carl Zeiss) and 8x optical zoom (digital zoom isn't the same; it just stretches the pixels)
* it got great reviews, including from Marco
* it has decent still resolution, but we didn't expect to rely on it for stills; paying for still resolution is expensive (about 100 bucks per megapixel in a still camera, more in a video camera)
* it was on sale at Circuit City, with a free extra battery, camera bag, and light lens (although that was last fall)
Things not to be fooled by, if you look at other products:
* digital zoom
* some models with a higher resolution (e.g. the TRV33) actually do poorer in low light AND dont handle motion as well
* an included light (built-in lights are apparently a heat problem, and a better attachment is under 20 bucks)
* a bigger viewfinder (ours is 2.5"; smaller would have been okay; bigger would have been silly)
* paying too much for still resolution (1 to 2 megapixels is more than enough for email, websites, and small prints; 5 megapixels is a waste unless you're printing portraits)
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Summary: great pictures easy to handling & user friendly
Review: Good video & easy to transfer to VCD or DVD. The Pictures was great. With small camcorder you will have a great shoot. I have old Sony CCD before. The result not so good because still have a distortion in the below frame event after service condition by Sony company. With this small camcorder I have greater pictures & can transfer to VCD or DVD with additional i Link Card & cable. You can also use the USB cable that include on the package but not have maximum result if you want to transfer to your computer. Another thing is many features from night shoot to customize focus with touching LCD screen. The bad thing is bad still pictures because Sony DCR-TRV 19 not using memory sticks. The resolution it's very small to be print. In generally this is the recommended compact camcorder with $ 590. Enjoy your great moment with this thing.
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Summary: Waste of a camera!
Review: I bought this camera before I had any clue what any of these "extra features" were on the more expensive dcrtrv22 and 33 models. I thought "So what? I don't really need a memory stick!" while the salesman explained to me how the main difference between the three camcorders was that the 19 had no memory stick. WRONG!
Sure, the price on the trv19 is very appealing, but the question you have to ask yourself is, what do you really want to be able to do with your camera?
If all you want to accomplish with your new camera is filming it, and then playing it back on the TV, then go ahead with the DCR TRV 19, and you'll be happy as can be.
BUT! if you'd rather invest an extra 100 bucks and go with the DCRTRV 33 , (or 22) then you get to save pictures to a memory stick (which really is a lot easier) , get the digital to analog conversion feature, (this is where you can take a VHS tape, connect your camera to the VCR, and record vhs video to your mini dv tape), mess around with shutter speeds, and LOADS of other features , then go with the 22 or 33! it is more than 100$ worth extra.
the bottom line is, if all you want is to film a video , have it look good, and play it back , then go with the 19, but for everything else, it's got to be the 22 or 33.
look through the manual (it covers all three models) and by the end of it, you'll be going "oh, not ANOTHER '*ONLY ON DCRTRV22/33 MODELS'"
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Summary: Sony Door weight. Very dissapointing
Review: I have had this camera for just over a year. 8/14/03 is the purchase date. I used it a total of 12 times for maybe 20 minutes max, kept it locked up when not in use, and now it doesn't work. I paid extra for Sony "quality". There were other cameras I would have rather had (cheaper, more compact with more features) but bought the sony because of Consumer Reports listing Sony's as having low occurances of repairs. One thing I did like better when this camera was working was the nightshot feature. It was much better than the night shot feature on the Panasonic GS-15 I just bought to replace the Sony.
I called Sony and they offered my a flat fee of 269.00. Not willing to throw good money after bad because I have already spent over 600.00 dollars on a camera that only lasted a year with only a few uses.
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Summary: This camera rocks!!
Review: I initially bought the canon zr-70 but returned it after a few days because of its dismal and grainy indoor footage. Next went with the trv-19, and i love it. It takes great footage outdoors and indoors, with no notice of any grain in the low light footage. I cant find anything to say bad about this camera!!
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Summary: This camera rocks!!
Review: I initially bought the canon zr-70 but returned it after a few days because of its dismal and grainy indoor footage. Next went with the trv-19, and i love it. It takes great footage outdoors and indoors, with no notice of any grain in the low light footage. I cant find anything to say bad about this camera!!
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Summary: SWEET.
Review: I just received it yesterday and I already love it. The touchscreen makes it awesome. I think that they did it that way so they could minimize the size and shape of it to the smallest possible form... It worked. I have huge hands, so it looks even smaller in mine than my wife's but that another story. It is so easy to use, I love it. The only thing I have to say negative about what I purchased was the software that they TRY to give you in purchasing this camera. It absoutly blows. I have Win XP and it came with MS Movie Maker. I found the software that they give you with the camera way too complicating to use. I opened it, poked around, close it and uninstalled it right away. The Quality of this camera is great for its size.
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Summary: so cool camcorder- am must read why
Review: I managed to record all of 2 hours worth of video. Now, it will not load a cassette anymore. It comes up with a C:31:40 error and grinds to a halt. Sony's web site and support are horrible when it comes to fixing this. I used to be a Sony fan. I bought this thing because of the Sony label. No more. The Sony brand has lost it. I returned the camera for service, costing $250. I got it back and tested immediately. Same problem occurred after 1 hour of recording.
Rating: 
Summary: garbage
Review: I managed to record all of 2 hours worth of video. Now, it will not load a cassette anymore. It comes up with a C:31:40 error and grinds to a halt. Sony's web site and support are horrible when it comes to fixing this. I used to be a Sony fan. I bought this thing because of the Sony label. No more. The Sony brand has lost it. I returned the camera for service, costing $250. I got it back and tested immediately. Same problem occurred after 1 hour of recording.
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