Sony Handycam DCR-SR42E (30 GB) Hard Drive Camcorder Reviews

Sony Handycam DCR-SR42E (30 GB) Hard Drive Camcorder

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  • Awesome Little Camcorder!!!!!

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 14, 2007
    Pros: EASY TO USE, great video quality, software easy to install and use.
    Cons: Battery a bit hard to put on, battery life is short, Spare batteries are spendy.

    Summary: This camcorder is INCREDIBLY easy to use. I had it out of the box and after the battery charged (120 mins later), I was testing the camcorder out. All I did was set the "Easy" function (explained in the manual) and I was using the camcorder in a ... read more

  • Camera blurs focus all the time!

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Oct 28, 2008
    Pros: You can't record over anything. Videos are easy to find (organized by date).
    Cons: The 1-2 second blurs that occur as frequently as every few seconds.

    Summary: This is the first video camera I've ever owned, although I've used a few others. I bought this very expensive camera (about $615 at Best Buy) figuring that I would use it forever, so I got this one with the internal hard drive so I didn't have to mess ... read more

  • It Doesn't Take A Rocket Scientist to Operate

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jan 3, 2008
    Pros: Easy to use. Very compact.
    Cons: Docking station could be improved.

    Summary: I bought my DCR-SR42 about a month ago. Although I have not yet tried all the features on it, I am completely satisfied so far. This is my first camcorder. After a lot of research, I decided a hard drive would suit me the best. The quality of the ... read more

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  • Waste of money

    Not rated yet by the Epinions community
    Jun 14, 2010
    Pros: It's small.
    Cons: Terrible video quality, slow to turn on so you miss beginnings of events.

    Summary: I have owned 4 video cameras as my children have grown and this is the worst one.  I am so disappointed that my videos will be a constant reminder of my mistake in making this purchase.  It is very slow to start up and therefore I miss the

  • NOT WORTH IT!!

    Rated Show by the Epinions community
    Aug 11, 2008
    Pros: Small, Light-weight, easy to use
    Cons: No Remote Control, Bad Video & Sound Quality, Useless with my Mac

    Summary: I'm in a rock band and I tape all my gigs. I hated having to run back and forth to my old camera(s) to check how much tape was left, or worse, running out of tape in the middle of a song, so I bought this camera a few months ago thinking it would be

  • REPULSIVE

    Rated Show by the Epinions community
    May 4, 2008
    Pros: easy to hold...but no stabilizer mode. even my 1989 camcorder had that!
    Cons: everything is a con. i would GIVE IT AWAY!

    Summary: grainy video, VERY grainy pictures...(unless u are in bright sunshine!) worst of all, kiss editing goodbye. if you want to make videos/movies etc... go with a digital tape. this is not compatible with a mac either. no matter what you download! this has

  • Crappy resolution

    Rated Show by the Epinions community
    Jan 28, 2008
    Pros: Convenient
    Cons: Bad / Poor Video Quality

    Summary: Wish I had kept my Hi-8 mm. This HDD video camera has very poor video quality. Very grainy video. Looks like the old 1 MB

  • Piece of crap...

    Rated Show by the Epinions community
    Dec 28, 2007
    Pros: lightweight
    Cons: not that you need it, but no viewfinder. cheesy base station

    Summary: This cam was given to me as a birthday gift about 6 months ago. I've had 2 camcorders before this and have made great dvd's and other copies in the past so I know what I'm doing. I also used to be a pc tech for IBM and have my MCSE. I can't get the

  • BEST CAMCORDER IN THE WORLD!!!

    Rated Show by the Epinions community
    Dec 12, 2007
    Pros: EVERYTHING!
    Cons: NOTHING!

    Summary: NO JOKE THIS THE BEST CAMCORDER I HAVE EVER SEEN AND EVER BOUGHT. THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE FIRST CAMCORDER YOU LOOK AT, BUT IT SURE WILL BE YOUR

  • Good, could be better, would probably buy again

    Rated Show by the Epinions community
    Jul 4, 2007
    Pros: Very easy to "get going." Takes good quality video.
    Cons: Not very Mac-friendly.

    Summary: I liked the idea of a hard drive camcorder. No tapes, no whirring sounds in the background. But this isn't perfect. Its design requires that it sit in its dock in order to upload the video to the computer. And this is not Mac-friendly. You can get

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