JVC GR-D240EK REVIEW

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Expertly reviewed by UK Guest, 10th Nov 2004.

Review Summary: excellent cam

Overall Score: 5/5

Review: Very pleased so far with this JVC GR-D240EK camcorder. The zoom is astonishing, 25 optical and then on to about 50x usable digital zoom, after that it's blocky as they all are.
Easy connection to PC with firewire, but I don't bother and transfer straight to DVD recorder with no problems.
I was a bit concerned at reported motor noise with this model, and it is noticable when playing back from camera to television, but after recording to DVD and then playing motor noise is negligible, not sure why. You can also output sound on Stereo, left mic or right mic, and again left mic output is the quietest, no idea why.
Size is nice, looks great, screen is sharp, menu's are easy and give you lots of manual control. Image stabilisation works very well up to about 20x with me, after that I have to help it by keeping camera steady, but at that zoom size it's very good.
Night shot is a disappointment, infra red may have been better, so I don't bother with it. I filmed a thunderstorm without nightshot with no moonlight and it came out well, even catching cars going past with no blur, so Nightshot is a gimmick unless I'm using it wrong, it also strobes with the slow shutter speed.
Bottom loading tape is no prob unless you want to change tapes when using a tripod, which I don't. Tape mechanism feels solid and everything seems to work well.
Only minor gripe is the plastic cover to the output ports which is flimsy and may break off eventually, but I can live with that.
Battery life is about 1 hour with screen on, 65 minutes with viewfinder, and recharge time is about 90 minutes. I just keep it charged all the time so that's ok.
Overall I'm very pleased with this cam. I did consider buying a Sony, but don't like the touchscreen idea, so happy I got this JVC. Can't comment on reliability cos I've only had it one month, but it feels reliable so far. I highly recommend this JVC GR-D240EK camcorder.

Ratings

Value For Money:		5
Review Score:		5
Recommended?		Yes

Comment by: LehBeeCornwall
On: 9th Jul 2005
Comment: Hi,

I've recently bought a unit of JVC GR-D240EK. Everything works fine. However, I like to edit the video images using my computer. Can you please advice what type of cable/s or connectors that I can purchase in order to download the images from the camcorder to my pc (USB port). Also what format will the images be in (MPEG? WMV? MOV?)?

Please advice urgently. Many thanks

Comment by: mad max
On: 12th Jul 2005
Comment: Hi LehBeeCornwall,

as far as I'm aware, you need to have a firewire port to download the video files from the JVC GR D240 camcorder. You can get a card for your PC that you will need to install - Comet do them for about £30 or if you try your local computer bits place, I'm sure they'll help. Most editing software enables you to save the files in a variety of formats so there is no single answer to your second question. I think Pinnacle produce a product which is pretty good and which you can (again) get through Comet.

Hope this helps :o)

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