Sony DCR-DVD108

Pros: Ease of Use, Well Made, User Friendly

Cons: "Sony Disc Recommended"

The Bottom Line: Couldn't be happier with my purchase

Review: With the birth of my first child, I finally went out and bought a new camcorder, since according to my wife, if you don't capture at least 75% of your newborn's every waking moment, you're a bad parent. So after a lengthy conversation with the kid at ...

Pros: 40X zoom, great battery life, durable construction, built-in lens cover, easy to hold.

Cons: Nags you to use Sony discs, "finalizing" process may cause you to miss something.

The Bottom Line: The DCR-DVD108 has 40X telephoto zoom and touch-screen technology, exceptional value. But users accustomed to tape camcorders may want to think things through before buying it.

Review: *** This review was updated in May 2007, after I'd owned the DCR-DVD108 for about a full month. *** The Sony DCR-DVD108 – hereafter, the “DVD108” – was announced by Sony back in January of 2007. As I write, it’s mid-April 2007, so ...

Pros: Affordable and easy to use DVDs

Cons: 30 minutes max record time

The Bottom Line: Great price with the Sony Brand Quality!

Review:   Capture Your Family Moments with a Sony DVD HandyCam DCR-DVD108 The Story: My wife and I had been shopping for several months, looking for the right type of camcorder. We were expecting our first child and want to record ...

Pros: Well-built, easy to handle, light, excellent picture quality, removable disks

Cons: Poor quality stills, Cannot zoom out enough

The Bottom Line: An excellent, flexible, small video camera. Simple and easy to use.

Review: We are first time camera owners and so wanted something that would be easy to use but high quality nonetheless. We chose this camera for a number of reasons: - Being a Sony, we expected it to be well built and reliable. - It is extremely small, ...

Pros: Outstanding pro video / sound quality.

Cons: none.....zero

The Bottom Line: buy it.....forget the others.

Review: I recently purchased a Canon ZR 500 mini dv recorder as this camcorder had high reviews. This camcorder was to replace my Sharp vlz50 camcorder.....was a nice dv camera....but it's life was short lived.....it gave up too early in it's life, so to speak. ...

Pros: Light-weight, video quality is excellent, & very handy to use.

Cons: Cannot change the image size to improve the quality of the picture

Review: I couldn't figure out how to change the image size of the still picture. It is set to vga(0.3m) which doesn't have the picture quality of 1.0m. I would like to be able to change the image size to 1.0m if possible. I love the camera. That is the only ...