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Oppo DV-980H review

Reviews If you were to ask someone if £155 was a reasonable sum of money for a DVD player, they would probably say no. But there are many reasons to spend more on a DVD player than that £30 job from Sainsbury's, not least because modern, flat panel TVs...

Editor's rating   8.5

Tags: oppo, cable, cd dvd, hdmi

6 October 2008, 15:22

Hitachi DV-RX7000E review

Reviews IntroHitachi's DV-RX7000E is happy to get down and dirty in the mire of cheap DVD recorders that have recently entered the market. DesignHitachi's design work on the DV-RX7000E certainly defies its bargain price.

Editor's rating   8

Tags: hitachi, ram, dv, outputs

14 May 2005, 17:15

Oppo DV-981HD review

Reviews For around £175, the Oppo DV-981HD aims to get the very best possible picture quality out of your current DVDs, plus adding more handy features into the mix that should keep you happy for a while longer.

Editor's rating   8

Tags: oppo, job, dvd player, high definition

14 November 2007, 13:37

Pioneer DV-989 review

Reviews With DVD players available at ever more affordable prices, the £750 tag on Pioneer's flagship DV-989 is certain to raise eyebrows. DesignIn an age when DVD players are constantly slimming down in size, Pioneer's DV-989 is instantly conspicuous by...

Editor's rating   9.1

Tags: pioneer, dedicated, channel, connectivity

21 February 2006, 14:45

Which video format should I choose?

Reviews Most consumer digital camcorders use MiniDV cassettes, which record DV-format video. The DV standard produces high-quality footage that is superior to video recorded by consumer analogue camcorders and can deliver more than 500 lines of horizontal...

14 May 2005, 14:58

Canon XL2 review

Reviews The Canon XL series is the Porsche 911 of DV camcorders. These are particularly important issues for those shooting narrative projects on DV. And love it or hate it, no other car looks or drives like the 911.Canon first introduced the XL series in...

Editor's rating   7.9

Tags: canon, aspect, shares, ratio

18 April 2005, 17:13

Canon XL H1 review

Reviews Many were disappointed when Canon released its flagship XL2 DV camcorder without any high-definition capabilities. With its Digic DV II HD Image Processor, the Canon XL H1 offers even more menu-based image controls than the XL2 before it.

Editor's rating   7.7

Tags: canon, jack, image quality, flip

22 February 2006, 14:39

Liteon LVW-5055 review

Reviews More than capable of competing with high-end models from the bigger manufacturers, the LVW-5055 has a huge 250GB hard drive, a DVD recorder with near-universal format compatibility and all the other quality features, such as progressive-scan video...

Editor's rating   7.3

Tags: liteon, connectivity, panasonic, hard drive

28 March 2006, 17:03

Sony HDR-FX1 review

Reviews Bright-blue HDV/DV status lights point up the HDR-FX1's most noteworthy capability: namely, its ability to record both 1080i (1,440x1,080-pixel), 60-field-per-second HDV and 480i DV on standard MiniDV cassettes.

Editor's rating   8

Tags: sony, preset, dv, tape

2 May 2005, 22:54

JVC Everio GZ-MC200 review

Reviews Microdrives come in various sizes, but the 4GB drive bundled with the JVC will hold 60 minutes of DV at standard quality. Because of the enormous amount of data a few seconds of video can generate, it's only recently that there's been any option...

Editor's rating   8.3

Tags: jvc, conditions, hard disk, mod

17 May 2005, 4:00

Panasonic DMR-EZ27EB review

Reviews It's a DVD player/recorder with a built-in Freeview receiver, allowing you to record TV shows to DVD, as well as burn footage from a number of other sources, such as a camcorder, via DV or S-Video in.

Editor's rating   6.5

Tags: panasonic, dedicated, dvd player, discs

25 April 2007, 16:33

JVC GR-X5 review

Reviews FeaturesThe JVC GR-X5 uses three 1/4.5-inch, 1.33-megapixel CCDs to capture DV video and JPEG stills, interpolating its photo output up to 5 megapixels. Our theory is that single-chip DV cameras have evolved to the point of diminishing returns.

Editor's rating   7

Tags: jvc, microphone, pixels, chip

19 August 2005, 18:26

Sony Handycam HDR-HC3 review

Reviews Though HD video is much more detailed than DV, the HDV format uses MPEG-2 compression to fit a full hour of video on a MiniDV tape. Editing HD content is easy, if somewhat slower than working with DV, but you eventually have to downconvert the...

Editor's rating   7.6

Tags: sony, microphone, camcorders, spot

24 May 2006, 11:22

Panasonic DMR-EX85 review

Reviews There's integrated analogue and digital TV tuners and an SD card slot that allows you to store and edit JPEG images from a digital camera, while a dedicated DV input means you can directly copy camcorder footage.

Editor's rating   8.6

Tags: panasonic, digital camera, high definition, hard drive

20 November 2006, 16:21

Sony Handycam HDR-HC1 review

Reviews And you always have the option of going with a cheaper model that simply records widescreen in standard DV. It can also record standard DV. So the HC1 also provides HD-to-DV down-conversion for editing or playback on a standard-def (SD) TV.

Editor's rating   7.2

Tags: sony, balance, camcorders, spot

26 August 2005, 14:32