DXG USA DXG-A85V HD DXG Pro Gear 1080p High-Definition Camcorder

2 Responses to “DXG USA DXG-A85V HD DXG Pro Gear 1080p High-Definition Camcorder”

1. T. Flanagan on June 21st, 2010 2:34 AM
   Bought DXG-A85V Camcorder because it listed a lot of promising features: 1080P,SDHC cards, replaceable batteries,etc. I had a very good experience with a camcorder in same price range with the Sony Webbie 1080P filming bowling competition, but its short 1 hour+ battery life forced me to use a portable car jump start battery and dc to ac inverter as a power source. This worked well-the Sony had great video & audio, but I was looking for a simpler solution! Also a trip to Disney is coming up and I wanted to film all day which ruled out the Webbie.

   The DXG-A85V to me was a “no name” that I was willing to take a gamble on for the price and cheap extra batteries (less than $10 each). I figured I’d record bowling before the Disney trip “just to be sure it worked ok”. To my dismay the audio recording was so low I could bearly hear any bowling pins crashing out of the camcorder speakers. Even over my PC and TV the volume had to be cranked up to max to hear even below average bowling sounds. There are disclaimers in the owners manual and web site about its speakers being only 1 watt and its 15 feet recording distance. I think the main problem is the placement of a cell phone size microphone on the backside of the flip out LCD. I have since noticed that all the competition place their much larger microphones under the camcorder lens.

   Customer Support was quick to answer my call and is located here in USA which is refreshing. However, none of that makes up for a poor Engineering design.
   
   Just for the fun of it I tried recording at different resolutions and different sizes & manufacturers of SDHC cards, but same problem. Video flickered at high resolutions. I don’t think it can write video & audio fast enough.

   Consider it like a disposable camera due to other engineering limits already in it such as class 6 (how fast it writes data)with a maximum size of 16GB SDHC cards. (Class 10 32GB are now being sold).

   I have since purchased a JVC which accepts a MINIMUM Class 4 speed and it accepts 32GB capacity SDHC cards.
   
   Rating: 1 / 5
2. Scott Asknew on June 26th, 2010 2:49 AM
   The DXG-A85V is really a good buy among budget HD digital camcorders. It comes with rich features, high build quality and impressive price, including 1080P HD video @ 30fps, a 10.0MP CMOS imaging sensor & 20.0MP image output, 3.0-Inch TFT Touch Screen, 12X Optical Zoom & dual capture mode.

   Now the is DXG-A85V available at only $274.75 at Vostrostone.com – A Digital Camcorders Wholesale Store with very impressive prices for its all HD camcorders.