Digital Video Camera & Camcorder Review

Full-featured but somewhat bulky, the Sony Handycam DCR-DVD505 DVD camcorder matches its MiniDV competitors in most areas, while offering the convenience of direct-to-disc recording.

CNET has an editor review on the Sony DCR-DVD505 Camcorder and has a rating of 7.5 out of 10. and writes: “Thanks to a large LCD screen and responsive performance, shooting with the Sony Handycam DCR-DVD505 is a pleasure; throw in its superior video quality, and the camcorder makes an excellent alternative to MiniDV models if you’re looking for straight-to-player convenience. And paired with the optional Bluetooth center-channel microphone, its 5.1-channel sound capture is bound to impress. At the top of Sony’s DVD camcorder line, the DCR-DVD505 shares much with its next sibling down, the DCR-DVD405–everything, in fact, except for the 3.5-inch LCD and the new 2-megapixel ClearVid CMOS imager; the DCR-DVD405 uses the same 2.7-inch LCD and 3.3-megapixel CCD as last year’s DCR-DVD403″

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