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Samsung SC-DC173U
| Product Description Samsung SC-DC173U DVD camcorder offers the world's strongest zoom - 34x optical/1200x digital - with images clearly displayed on the 2.7" wide LCD/color viewfinder. Samsung's powerful optical zoom lenses bring the world closer without sacrificing image quality. Ensure your entire image is recorded regardless of the screen format. Once your movies are captured in widescreen format, you can enjoy viewing them without having to lose any of the images on your wide-format HDTV screen. With the PictBridge function of the SC-DC173U you no longer have to first download your pictures onto your PC before printing. Simply use your USB 2.0 cable to your PictBridge compatible printer and print away. The SC-DC173U's memory card slot offers you the option of SD card, or MMC as a flash memory card to record still images or movie clips.
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Top Reviews  Samsung SC-DC173UReview created: 01/07/08 by:  11 of 12 people found this review helpful. good prodect works great good imge .realy small easy to store.really like the brand samsung .thanks lol Review ID: 10000000005022850 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Digital Dvd Camcorder6 of 12 people found this review helpful. I bought this digital camcorder for my children. This camcorder's cosmetic condition and initial operating was good as they described it. But, unfortunately this camcorder couldn't make any movies on the dvd-r. I think that this camcorder has writing problem on the disk. So I'll try this camcorder back to seller. Many thank you. Review ID: 10000000004962805 Was this review helpful? Report this review Reviews  Not the best, Not the worstReview created: 08/25/08 by: The camera is much smaller than what I thought. When I opened the box, the tiny size surprised me. I loved the slim design and its black color. The battery charges very quickly. The LCD is very clear. The camera has a lot of options when it comes to taping. You can tape in different colors, art designs, you can block the wind sounds, it has night vision, night light, different modes for different backgrounds and different speeds. There is a few downsides. The camera takes too long from the time you turn it on, to the time is ready to start taping. If something comes up very quickly, you won't have enough time to record it. Also, you have to finalize the DVD before you can play it in your DVD player. This is very easy to do and it takes a few seconds, you hit "Finalize" and the camera does it by itself. But it can be a problem if you forget to finalize it and try to watch it. In addition, the "up and down" buttons to travel the menu is on the left side of the camera...the same side where the LCD is placed. That means, if you have the LCD open and you are traveling the menu, your hand will be in the way of your eyes and the LCD. This is a pain in the neck because is very uncomfortable to try to keep your hand in a place where you can also see the LCD. Overall, like I said, this is not the best, not the worst. I think it is worth the money they go for on EBAY. If you are a basic recorder person, this might be a good camera for you. :) Review ID: 10000000008445330 Was this review helpful? Report this review  SNASUNG SC DC173UReview created: 07/05/08 by: josenavarro1961 ( 1 ) 0 of 1 people found this review helpful. NO SE INGLES PERFECTO YO YA COMPRE ESA CAMARA Y NO NESECITO MAS CAMARAS POR AHORA LE PIDO ALA COMPANIA EBAY QUE TRADUSCA Y LES DIGA QUE YA ESTOY EN PERU Y NO LES PIDO NADA ANADIES POR AHORA OK GRACIAS Review ID: 10000000007824696 Was this review helpful? Report this review Easy to use Digital CamcorderReview created: 07/04/08 by: 3 of 3 people found this review helpful. Again, this was another Christmas present (Dec 2007) and was purchased new from a retailer. The old camcorder (30 minute tapes and such) was getting tired and no longer keeping up with the electronic devices that are now on the market. The Samsung SC-DC173U has been OK in recording the family events. I did manage to have one disc not format after the recording. You could see the home movie on the LCD screen, but the disc would not format so it could be removed and played in the DVD player or computer. I came up with an idea to play the movie from the camera to the computer (via software and cable) and that's how I got the movie off the disc. I love editing the movies and making bigger runs of home movies, so I was concerned about the formatting of them later on. It seems to be a problem. Just google the issue and you'll see it's everywhere on the web. I try to use a high quality recording disc and hope future problems are avoided. I like the camera with the features that it presents. You can record on wide screen or TV screen (4:3) and both images are fine. The 34x Optical Zoom is really nice. During a concert for my oldest child, I couldn't get good seating. The zoom feature brought her up close without any distortion of the image. One word of caution - and this is for any zoom work - use a steady tri-pod so the recording doesn't shake like an earthquake! My camcorder always has the tri-pod attached because of the zoom work. Battery life is kind of short. Usually, you'll get about 30 minutes of record time on the battery. This is also the amount of time that the disc will record. You can preserve battery life by using the eye-piece instead of the LCD screen, turning off the built in light, and keeping the zoom movement to a minimum. There is a Digital Image Stabilizer (DIS), but does not work with the Digital Zoom. There are a vast amount of features for the camera. You can record in various modes (B&W, Mosaic, Sepia, Pastel, etc.) and there is also a fade in and fade out option to make the movie more smooth. Overall, too many features for me (the average user), but it can definitely add some excitement to others who record. I wish the unit was HD (High Definition), but it's not. With the newly purchased HD TV, you notice that the movie is not HD, and wish it was. As a side note, once you try HD TV, everything else is nasty. However, the camera work for normal TV/computer screens is good. The voice recording of the camera is also good. You'll also get some background noise (from cars, traffic, people), but it's nothing truly bothersome. I would gladly take this unit as another Christmas present. It's light weight and easy to use. I've made several home movies with success and it captures the images of our family moments that bring back wonderful memories. Review ID: 10000000007808625 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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