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Sony Handycam DCM-M1 MD Digital CamcorderThis is the cutting edge of video recording technology. Meet the world's first MiniDisc camcorder! Record up to 4, 500 still images on...
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This is the cutting edge of video recording technology. Meet the world's first MiniDisc camcorder! Record up to 4, 500 still images on a single disc. Or in motion video mode, record 20 minutes of digital quality video on a single MiniDisc. Direct disk access eliminates fast forward and rewind. For those needing the highest available digital imaging technology, the Sony's DCMM1 in untouchable. ? ?The DCM-M1 records digital video with MPEG2 (real time) encoding like DVD, and ATRAC audio together! Combined as the Video MD format. 1/2" Multilaminate Dome Tweeter plays louder and cleaner, due to increased efficiency and lower distortion. Up to 20 minutes of digital recording in the Video MD format provide digital video quality, 3x color band width (vs. VHS) and significantly higher S/N ratio, for stunning video performance. The DCM-M1 stores up to 4500 still images record up to 4500 still images on a removable MD Data Disc 2. This storage far exceeds any other digital camera. Images transferred to the PC end up...
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Sony DCM-M1
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Pros: It looks cool. 4500 still photos per disk is very sweet.
Cons: Movies on computer do not include any sound.
The Bottom Line:
Buy it if you want a good camcorder and you can get it for 600 or less. Don't buy if you expect PC based movies with sound.
- I bought this item new from EBAY for $499, which I felt was a very good price. I love the size, functionality and ability to edit the pictures and movies. Lots of people complain about the 20 Minute limitation of movies stored to disks but I found you can swap another disk in less than 6 seconds so this is not a problem.
- PC Connection. The DCM-M1 uses a ethernet connection to your PC's network or network card. I had no problem getting it to work with my lan with a server but it is impossible to get this thing to work with a stand alone PC running Win 2000 professional. The instructions are for Win98 and older and there is NO tech support available from Sony.
- What good is a digital movie you cannot hear any sound with? That's right, movies are saved as quick time format (.MOV) and quick time is not capable of playing the sound format saved in these movies! I found in small print in page 30 something a little statement that there is no current PC decoder for the sony MPEG2 sound format. If you plan to buy this for PC based movies FORGET IT.
Having said all the bad stuff, I really like the digital camera and camcorder functions. Just wish the PC format would have sound.
Send me an email at qsplit@cs.com if you have any questions ( or if you figured out how to decode the sound files!)
Later
Rich
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