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| Brand: Sony
Category: CE
Buy New: £279.99
New (20) Used (2) Refurbished (1) from £227.02
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 557
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 7 x 6
MPN: DCRSR55E.CEH
Model: DCRSR55E.CEH
EAN: 4905524488968
ASIN: B0011UHEH0
Release Date: February 11, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 11
 An Excellent, Competitively-Priced DigiCam June 19, 2008
S. Bradnam (United Kingdom)
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
Having bought a Sony digital camera 2 years ago, and been very impressed with it, we were looking for a compact digital camcorder with a hard drive that would serve as a family machine, and also work in the classroom. This machine is proving to be an excellent buy for the following reasons: br / br / Amazon have it very competitively priced. br / br / At only 14oz (400grams approx) it is amazingly light and compact br / br / The 40 Gb Hard Drive allows over 20 hours of recording at standard quality (less at high quality). br / br / The battery gives you 2 hours of recording capability between charges. br / br / You do not have to mess around with DVDs in the camera - the hard drive is an ideal medium for recording, and it has Sony's Pro mem stick capability which gives it great functionality with other Sony products and/or card readers in your PC. br / br / Full USB connectivity to your PC/Laptop - and SCART connectivity to the TV br / br / This 55 model is a better buy, and worth the few extra pounds, than the 35 for a number of reasons: 10Gb more hard drive space; a docking station which allows recharge, DVD burn, via USB to your PC, and quick link to your TV for viewing; and a remote control for the cam - excellent and useful accessories; and finally, 1 Megapixel compared with 0.8 Mp on the 35. br / br / The screen is clear, and the touch menu system is easy to use. It has a robust carrying strap, and just feels well-made - having said that a carry case is always a good investment for such a piece of kit! br / br / I am no technical expert, but this is a great-priced and intuitive digicam, with lots of great features. Highly recommended.
Great camcorder April 8, 2008
Mr.D (London)
45 out of 47 found this review helpful
I've had this camcorder for the best part of a week and it's very good. br / br /Pros: br /relatively small, (will fit into a small bag not a pocket) br /light weight br /controls are easy to use br /one of the best features is the mpeg recording so there is no conversion needed for the movie files to play e.g. on a standard pc with windows media player. br /Once plugged in via usb the camcorder is shown as an external drive, so you can just drag and drop the files. br /Video quality is great for home movies. br /It copes with low light very well. br /You can put a memory card in it and record directly to that. br /It has a hot shoe for accessories. br /Comes with a remote br / br /Cons: br /It uses a hard disk, so I wouldn't like to drop it (although it does have some type of impact sensor) br /Doesn't come with a case br /Can't switch it on from the remote br /Wouldn't really use it as a stills camera because of the low resolution br / br /Conclusion br /Good all round take anywhere family movie camcorder. br /
My First Video Camera April 6, 2008
T. Bennett (London, UK)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Only had this video camera for a couple of days but so far I think it's brilliant. It's small, lightweight, very easy to setup and use and the quality of the video is excellent. Still images are also pretty good and the supplied software makes it easy to manage your video's and pictures. Having problems playing back the video on my PC after uploading from the camera's hard disk but think this is down to my PC being a few years old so I may need a new video card - hopfully not a new PC! I think this may be due to the video format being MPEG-2 so worth checking if your PC supports this format. The video's play back fine on my work laptop which is only a year or so old.
 Plug and play but average picture quality March 27, 2008
Mr. D. Bowen (UK)
46 out of 47 found this review helpful
I got sick of messing around with software and cables to convert video footage from my 10 year old Canon camcorder to DVD and started looking at the Sony HDD range. After dismissing the older SR32 and SR52, I started looking at the new SR35 and SR55. I chose the more expensive 55 because of it's larger CCD sensor. br /The great thing about this camera is it records to industry standard mpeg2 format and transferring videos to my PC is now a case of plugging into a USB port and copying the files. The camera appears as a removable disk drive to Windows. br /Unfortunately, I was a little dissapointed with the quality of images even when using the HQ recording mode. When recording in daylight things aren't too bad but in artificial and low light conditions, the quality of the images aren't too good. I wasn't expecting top end quality from this camera anyway, but was ultimately expecting better. I would say the quality is marginally better that that of videos from my old camcorder which have been converted through my digital TV adaptor. br /Overall, I do like this camera for it's small size, low weight and plug and play capabilities. But if you are looking for high quality images, it's probably not a good choice.
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