Great Camcorder - Better than my First. I bought this camcorder 4 months after the sound on my other one stopped working and I was impressed. The optical zoom is good at 20x and the digital zoom (which is completely pointless) is 990x. The second thing I noticed is that the LCD screen moved to more places and that there was 2 record buttons. One was on the LCD screen, the other was next to the off button. The viewfinder can also move to different places but is still in Black and white. Another feature that this camcorder has is Nights...
[Sony Handycam Hi8 Camcorder (CCDTRV138) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/14/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
95% (40 of 42) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Good player for 8mm tapes I purchased this cancorder for one purpose: to playback old 8mm tapes for recording onto a DVD-R recorder. For this purpose it is ideal: low cost; colour view sceen with sound; plays 8mm and Hi8 tapes; rugged and high quality feel, so it may last a long time; apparently the only name-brand 8mm camera available at this time.
If you are looking for a general purpsose camcorder do not buy this one for the following reasons
1. 8mm and Hi8 is obsolete. When your camcorder finally b...
[Sony Handycam Hi8 Camcorder (CCDTRV138) review by Steven Woodward can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 4.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Steven Woodward | | Review Date: | 12/27/2006 | | User Location: | Canada | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
90% (10 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Good enough. This is your basic video camera. I'd say it's good for those who just need a video camera for occassional video recording. It has the basic features, with NightShot as an additional bonus. The picture quality isn't as great as I thought it would be (it's a bit grainy on my 36" WEGA), it doesn't record in stereo, and I wish it could hook up on my computer, but there's no USB port. I guess for the price you pay, it's expected. I'd recommend it if you're not really looking for something too hi-tech...
[Sony Handycam Hi8 Camcorder (CCDTRV138) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 01/02/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
86% (25 of 29) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Not good for playing old S-Video Tapes I bought this to play back old Hi8 tapes so I could transfer them to DVD. However, there is no S-Video out and no stereo out. Video quality was bad: output was noisey and reds were over saturated. I imagine this is because there is no S-Video out. I returned it and have ordered a Sony GV-D200. Hopefully it will give me better quality since it was more than twice as much. There are some cheaper used options available, e.g. Sony EVO-250.
[Sony Handycam Hi8 Camcorder (CCDTRV138) review by EF_IN_MD can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | EF_IN_MD | | Review Date: | 01/05/2007 | | User Location: | Baltimore, MD | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
84% (11 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Went through three.....beware Bought one, LCD was fuzzy, second one, LCD fuzzy and made a loud humming sound, third, no humming sound but LCD still isnt clear, Im getting my money back...........
[Sony Handycam Hi8 Camcorder (CCDTRV138) review by LIsa can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | LIsa | | Review Date: | 12/13/2005 | | User Location: | Ohio | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
75% (12 of 16) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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I want to marry this camcorder! Everything about this camera is amazing to me. I originally read that there is a problem with this model of camcorder with the screen blanking out after 1 or 2 years of use. I haven't seen any signs of that happening so far. I love this. Being a college kid it gets banged up on occasion, but my Sony seems to have held up to the challenge.
BUY THIS CAMCORDER!
[Sony Handycam Hi8 Camcorder (CCDTRV138) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/28/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
73% (11 of 15) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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No USB Port! This camcorder can not be used to record direct to your computer or any of the new dvd recorders. You have to record first to video tape then be able to connect your VCR to a dvd recording device. Very disappointed. How hard can it be for Sony to add the USB port? Even my $100 digital camera has a USB port.
Don't waste your money on a camera that is already outdated in technology.
[Sony Handycam Hi8 Camcorder (CCDTRV138) review by J. Goodlett "J Good" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 4.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | J. Goodlett "J Good" | | Review Date: | 01/14/2006 | | User Location: | New Orleans, Louisiana | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
67% (29 of 43) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Beware that it only records in monoral Opened up the box and found that it comes with only a single plug for audio and not two plugs for both right and left channels like all my other not working Hi8 Sony cameras. So can't play back existing Hi8 tapes previously recorded on other Sony HiFi Stereo cameras in stereo. Sony always drops the ball on us formerly loyal customers. They did the same thing with the Beta, where they discontinued the HiFi models first and all you could get were the left over monoural models. What would be ni...
[Sony Handycam Hi8 Camcorder (CCDTRV138) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 10/10/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
62% (23 of 37) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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I think I love it. I think I love it. Great price for a Sony too!
[Sony Handycam Hi8 Camcorder (CCDTRV138) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/20/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
29% (7 of 24) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Good Replacement SonyTRV 138 I purchased this camcorder knowing it was not digital "state of the Art". I have a Sony Hi8 camcorder vintage 1993 which no longer functions reliably in the playback mode, and I saw the TRV 138 as means to play my existing tapes and transfer them to DVD's. I found the TRV 138 to be half the size of my old unit and the batteries seem to last 3 times as long. Thus it functions well and is much handier to use. It has the fold out color viewer, my old one did not, plus some additional features su...
[Sony Handycam Hi8 Camcorder (CCDTRV138) review by John Robertson can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | John Robertson | | Review Date: | 06/08/2007 | | User Location: | Napa, CA USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (7 of 7) Users Found This Review Helpful |