Product Description

Zoom in on your subjects without moving an inch. The powerful 34x optical zoom lets you shoot even the farthest objects and still get high quality images. Blur caused by unsteady hands, is now a thing of the past! What you see is what you get with the VP-DX100 DVD camcorder. Your homemade movies never looked this good!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #49731 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Samsung
• Model: VP-DX100/XEU
• Released on: 2008-03-31

Features

• Records in/on DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW with dual layer recording in DVD+R format only
• 34 x Optical zoom, 1200 x digital zoom
• 800k pixel CCD
• 2.7'' widescreen LCD viewscreen for playback and use as a viewfinder
• Separate colour viewfinder

Manufacturer's Description
Samsung DVD format camcorder with an amazing 34 optical zoom and 1200 digital zoom to bring all the action closer;Records in/on DVD-R , DVD-RW , DVD+R , DVD+RW with dual layer recording in DVD+R format only;34 x Optical zoom , 1200 x digital zoom;800k pixel CCD;2.7'' widescreen LCD viewscreen for playback and use as a viewfinder;Separate colour viewfinder;Voice plus dubbing system to add commentary to recorded footage;Digital Image stabiliser;AV composite out;10 Step power level indicator on screen;Instant power on for fast recording set up;

Customer Reviews

Cracking Camcorder
Regardless of what the other review has said about this camcorder, he is wrong. This is an excellent camcorder that is easy to use and the finalise feature works fine, he was probably using the wrong disks. I moved from Mini DV to DVD and this was an excellent choice for me. This Camcorder made me realise that i should have moved to DVD sooner, but it really is cheap to buy and works very well With a Apple MAC and a Windows PC. I would recommend this camcorder immensley. Samsung do not make crap products and this is a fine example of the technology they use.

A great little video camcorder for a low price, and THE FINALISE FUNCTION DOES WORK!
This Samsung product is a fantastic little camcorder that I have had for nearly a year now. I wanted a cheap, lightweight camcorder to use on holiday and at university and this one turned out to be ideal. The fault that is mentioned in the other review is a silly one, basically the camcorder can finalise -r and -rw dvds. These can then be played back on any PC or Universal DVD player ONLY. If you try to play back a recorded dvd on a normal DVD player (ie: a region 2 player) then it obviously won't work. However, every disc that I have recorded can play on PCs and my Pioneer Universal player. However, the best bet is to use Sony DVD+rw discs as these don't need to be finalised any way and can be reused. It is also a good idea to rip all the video footage from your discs and save them on a PC using some DVD ripping software.

Basically, most people should be able to understand what I've just written. If you do not have the right software or the right kind of DVD player then the discs that this camera records will be pretty much useless, but then don't buy a DVD camera. Besides, a good quality Universal DVD player only costs about 80 pounds now anyway.

Now, the best features of this camera are the impressive zoom, the practicality of discs themselves, the vast menu and option settings which are very user friendly and the compactness. The only thing that lets it down slightly is that it doesn't quite record as high quality footage as a HDD, Hi-Def, Blu Ray, Flash camcorder which would cost about £700. So, if you just want a nice easy camera and are realistic about what you can get for less than £200 then really, you should look no further.

DO NOT BUY!
Only buy if you want all your precious footage to be lost.

The 'finalise' function of the disks does not work, leaving all your footage to be playable on your camcorder and no-where else.

There are numerous forums discussing this fault on the internet.

I've yet to find a more infuriating fault in technology.

DON'T BUY!