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Product Reviews:
Samsung SC-DC173U DVD Camcorder with 34x Optical Zoom |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: For God's Sake Stay Away From This
Comments: My wife purchased this for me last year for Christmas - not sure why I did not really want another video cam. however anyway, after having the camera for about 12 months now, I have shot about 12 minutes of video. Why only 12 minutes? Because e time I have used it, it's locked up on me to the point that I have to take the battery out to get it to shut off. The last time I looked at this camera I was showing somebody how it would lock up and needed the battery taken out. I took the battery out, it went off I turned the knob to the off position and reinserted the battery. I put the camera down assuming it was off and it should have been. 15 minutes or so went by and I accidentally touched it and it was smoking hot IN THE OFF POSITION. It could have easily started a fire where it was sitting on the bed. however other than the fact that it could burn your family in their sleep, the camera's actually really awful. Poor poor picture quality, just read some of the "professional" reviews on that. I have yet to find1redeeming feature about it. I am probably going to ship it back to Samsung and let it burn down their house. Do not, I repeat, do not purchase this. I have always been a strong supporter of Samsung products, however this may have changed all that. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Terrible product and poor customer service!!!!
Comments: I was given this camcorder as a Christmas present when I gave birth to twin girls. I recorded on it and found it would not finalize and repeatedly received a disk error message. I tried again and got the same message. Now I have2unviewable disks with precious family memories on them. When I called customer support I got a woman who barely spoke English who went through several steps with me and then told me to only purchase Memorex RW disks. There should be a warning with the camera. Nowhere in the owners manual is a specific brand name disk mentioned. I did use a Sony disk once and it did finalize however am at a loss as to what to do with others. I am unhappy with this product. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Sad to loose priceless memories
Comments: I do not usually write reviews however, I feel the need to let eone know what a poor camcorder this is. I unfortuantely did not do any research prior to purchaseing on black friday 1 week before my new baby was to be born. The whole 8 mos that I have owned this I was only able to record and finalize 1 disk with no problems (the 1st disk) since then it stops recording mid disk says "write error" & it will not finalize. I thought maybe it was the disk so I purchased some more/different brand of dvd-r it worked fine then mid disk same thing when I press record it says "write error" doesn't record or finalize this time it erased the month worth of taping my new baby. I tried to take it back to the store were I purchased however, since I did not purchase a protection plan and it was over 30 days I am stuck with it. Called Samsung and I have to send it in for the repair. My son is about to crawl anyday and it will be missed. I am not the only1with this problem. Now that I have done some research a lot of people are having the same problem. For something as important as taping precious memories I wish I would have paid more for a better camera. Memories are priceless. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: Fair to Excellent
Comments: Camcorder is Ok however it seems like the batteries go down to easy. Tried
several batteries, however have the same results. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Camera Not great
Comments: I have had nothing however problems from this camera. It sucks the battery down lightening quick, it will not shut off sometimes and this weekend, it would skip on the recordings so it did not record all of the event I was trying to capture. Returning this immediately!! |
