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Rating: - brilliant
this camcorder is fantastic. the picure quality is spectacular, and so is the zoom. delivery was on time, and the camera arrived well packaged. this camera is so easy to get used to, and within 5 minutes after charging it you will be shooting gorgeous hd videos, and have all the basics of the camera like zooming mastered. after going from a fuji finepix with an ok camera the quality of this is unbelievable. i would reccomend this to anyone wanting a brilliant hd camera for a bargain price.

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Rating: - Superb
I love this camera. I got one in the States as I don't care about the NTSC output in standard def mode. The HD recordings in 1080 are brilliant. Three weeks in Florida can be enjoyed over and over again just like being there.
If you are feeling flush, buy the Sony VRD-MC5 dvd burner. Just connect the docking station to the burner, pop the camera on the dock stick a dvd-r into the MC5, press a button and hey presto; out comes a dvd that is recorder in blu ray format allowing full HD playback on your Blu ray player. No messing with PC's it's just fantastic.
One other recommendation would be to buy a spare battery as you find yourself filming so much more!

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Rating: - Sony HDR-S10 an mac
The sony HDR-SR10 works fine with imovie, just plug and play, very simple and easy to use. All the reviewers say sony camcorder does not work mac its rubbish. forgive me for being so rude but the people who can't get it to work with mac are stupid and they don't now how to used the mac. You don't need drivers (the usb cable which comes with the camcorder) to run the sony camcorder in to your mac. You need only imovie and toast 9 to be able to play the movie on you mac. After 2 minutes of recording film and 3 minutes of receiving the camcorder i had it running on my mac. When you won't be able to find the camcorder on your mac until you open imovie then it shows up. There may be a way to do it, but I have only had the camcorder for 10 minutes.

I hope that this helps mac users...

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Rating: - Excellent quality
The Sony HDRSR is an excellent quality digital camcorder. Quite expensive but certainly worth the money for all the features it has.

The camcorder is very easy to use and didn't take me long to get used to the controls and how to tweak them. It's sturdy in your hand and very light. My old camcorder (now resigned to the attic) was a Sony that took those small cassette videotapes (it also weighed a ton) so this is a refreshing change. The viewing screen is large and uses touch screen for navigation. I found this to be an excellent way to get around all the camcorders features but if you have large fingers you may find it a bit tricky (some of the icons are quite small).

Saving movies is also extremely easy as the camcorder uses an onboard hard drive or a memory stick (which is not included). You can chop and change to which you want to save but either way getting your files onto the computer is nice and easy.

The quality of movies is simply amazing. You will need to buy a Blu-Ray DVD burner if you want hard copies of HD films, however you can always view them on an HD TV. An HD-MI cable is needed (as it is with most HD compatible devices). I promise you will be stunned with the quality.

Overall I'm very impressed with the Sony HDRSR and would recommend to anyone wanting a higher end quality digital camcorder.

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Rating: - Great HD Camcorder!!!
Straight out of the box you quickly see you have a stylish and high quality HD camcorder. I have not yet bought an HD TV but wanted to use the latest HD technology when capturing Christmas, days out and birthdays. As detailed in the manual the camcorder easily connects to any TV over scart or RBG and scales down the output for 'normal' TVs.

Capturing recordings to the hard drive is as a one click operation. The 15x optical zoom is smooth and the LCD shows the recording in a crisp and clear window.

Transferring the HD files to a PC or laptop is easy with the free Sony Picture Motion Browser software, just install the software and connect the Sony docking station to the USB cable and connect to a free USB port on your PC. The software makes importing a piece of cake and you can burn straight to DVD or convert the HD file to MPEG or Windows WMV for easy sharing.

The box includes an ac adapter, handy cam docking station with A/V, power and USB sockets, a USB cable, 2 cdroms, a component A/V cable and a standard A/V cable. You will be up and running in no time. The only extra purchase I made was the Sony LCS-BBA soft carry case which is perfect for the HDR-SE10E.

I read before I purchase the HD camcorder that you can hear the hard disk while recording. This is not the case on the model I have, recording is instant, no tapes to manage or rewind and not a sound from the hard disk while recording.

I am very happy with my purchase and highly recommend this HD handy cam to anyone interested in moving from tape recording formats to 1080p HD recordings.

Can I also recommend buying Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum which retails at around £40.00. With this you can edit the HD movies in a time line, edit multiple types of video file format and build great DVDs. The software offers a great deal more than Picture Motion Browser.