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JVC GZ-MG365 HD Camcorder

 
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Everio Has been Redesigned To Offer More Satisfaction In A Smaller, Lighter Body

It’s the world’s smallest* and lightest* hard disk camera, so you can shoot actively without fatigue, and travel with lots of space left over when you pack your bags.

Elegant and slim HDD/micro SD Hybrid Camera featuring 60GB HDD for up to 75 hours of recording with KONICA MINOLTA LENS, 35x optical zoom and easy to navigate Laser Touch Operation

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Product Features

  • Everio Gem Colors
  • Konica Minolta 35x optical Lens and 800x digital
  • 60 GB Internal Hard Disk Drive
  • 14 hour 20 minutes recording at the highest quality (Ultra-DVD Movie)
  • 1/6-inch 680K pixel CCD
  • Micro SD card slot
  • Gigabrid Engine
  • Up to 9999 digital stills at the highest quality
  • Laser Touch Operation
  • Auto LCD Backlight Control
  • Auto Illumi.Light
  • 2.7" 16:9 Widescreen Clear LCD
  • Data Battery
  • Power-Linked operation with Quick Restart
  • Built-in Lens Cover
  • Multi-Language – English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese and Korean.
  • Remote Control
  • Software provided for Windows (Power Producer 3NE, Power Cinema NE, Power Director 5 NE)
  • One-Touch Backup to PC (Direct Backup)
  • One-Touch DVD Creation (Direct DVD)
  • Built-in Picture Titles
  • Everio Dock provided
  • DV Out (i.LINK) on Everio Dock


Digital Still Images

Every Everio can conveniently record digital still images. Just switch to the image mode and then press the snapshot button. Record your snapshot to either the HDD or a micro SD card. It's your choice. The snapshot will record 640 x 480.

Product Specs

Storage Media 1.8” Hard Disk Drive (Embedded)
Image Sensor 1/6-inch, 680K-pixel CCD
Still Picture Recording JPEG
Optical Zoom 35x Optical / 800x Digital (max.)
Dimensions 2-3/16” (W) x 2-11/16” (H) x 4-11/16” (D)
Weight 0.8lbs

Format

SD-VIDEO Entertainment Video Profile: Video: MPEG-2-PS / Audio: Dolby Digital Still: JPEG (PictBridge, DPOF compatible)

Hard Disk Drive Capacity

60GB

Shutter Speed

Video: 1/2 — 1/4000, Still: 1/2 — 1/1000

LCD Monitor

112K-pixel 2.7-inch widescreen

Power Consumption

Approx. 2.7W

JVC GZ-MG365’s Review

by letsgodigital.org

01/06/2008

JVC GZ-MG365 : The JVC GZ-MG365 offers new functions that make operation simpler and more intuitive. Also new is Laser Touch, a touch-sensitive scroll bar that simplifies operation, and a new design that’s some 20 percent smaller than last year’s entry-level model. A new innovation found on all 2008 Everio G Series models is the Laser Touch Operation user interface - a touch-sensitive illuminated scroll bar just to the left of the LCD monitor screen. Simply moving a finger up or down along the scroll bar allows the user to browse through and select video clips to view or edit, and operate menus for camera set-up. The JVC MH365 is available in January at a price of $599.99 and comes with the Everio Dock.

JVC GZ-MG365JVC MG365 - LCD visibility
The 2.7-inch widescreen LCD’s high-resolution GUI is linked to Laser Touch movements, but the feature eliminates the risk of smudging or damaging the screen that users face with a touch-screen interface. And to provide better LCD visibility when shooting outdoors, the display features a new Auto LCD Backlight Control. The JVC MG365 camcorder offers a triple advantage of easy shooting, easy editing and easy archiving. Archiving is made especially convenient with the optional Share Station DVD burner, which for 2008 sports a new dramatically slimmed-down design that makes it much easier to carry along when traveling.

JVC GZ-MG365 video camera - Back-up and Editing
One touch of the camcorder’s Direct DVD button transfers footage from the camcorder to a Share Station DVD burner or PC to automatically burn a DVD containing all the footage, selected footage or new footage only. The Direct Back-up button backs-up recordings to a PC through a USB 2.0 high-speed interface to free-up camcorder hard disk space. A DV (IEEE 1394: i.LINK, firewire) output is on the Everio dock to allow easy dubbing to DVD or hard drive recorders, and enables footage to be imported using many third-party NLE (non-linear editing) applications. But some basic editing can be done without a PC. Scene playback order can be rearranged within the camera, and 20 preset title screens can be inserted into the footage while viewing it or burning it to a DVD. These colorfully designed title screens are linked to the menu language setting, so they can be displayed in English, Spanish or French.

JVC GZ365 camcorder - USB mass storage and Operations
The JVC GZ365 (onyx black) doubles storage capacity with its 60GB internal hard disk drive. The new Everio camcorder also features PictBridge compatibility for direct printing, microSD card slot and USB mass storage compatibility, and come with a convenient remote control. The JVC Data Battery allows remaining recording time to be displayed on the LCD even when the camera is off. Power-Linked Operation powers up the camcorder and engages the standby mode simply by opening the LCD, while Quick Restart starts recording just about one second after the LCD is re-opened.

JVC GZ-MG365 - Video files
For use with PCs, the JVC GZ-MG365 camcorder comes with CyberLink’s PowerProducer 3 NE for authoring DVDs, PowerDirector 5 NE Express for editing, and PowerCinema NE for Everio to browse camera contents and enable the Direct DVD/Direct Backup functions. Macintosh users will have an easy time importing Everio’s video files using iMovie ’08.

JVC Everio camcorders - Optional Accessories
An enhanced lineup of optional accessories also serves to increase the appeal of the Everio G Series. Among the most noteworthy is the CU-VD3, the super-slim Everio Share Station DVD burner, which can be placed upright or horizontally. For the aquatically adventurous, there is the WR-MG100 Marine Case that allows waterproof operation of Everio camcorders down to 131ft/40m under water. Colorful camcorders deserve colorful carrying bags, and the compact CB-VM60 which carries the Everio camcorder with attached battery is available in black, blue and red. The larger CB-VM70 offered in black is also available to carry a full system. And a nice way to kick-start a wonderful relationship with Everio is the VU-VM90K Starter Kit, which includes the CB-VM70 carrying bag and one BN-VF808 data battery.

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Pros

Great picture, amazing display, small, portable, 60gb hard drive, near HD, 35x optical zoom

Cons

Short battery life, horrible video format

Summary

"Not to break its perfect 5* rating, but this camera has room to improve. First let me say that it is really amazing for the price but the video format is a MOV. Type. This format doesn’t work on practically any editing software, and converting makes the quality a lot worse. The design is nice and sleek and also provides a very big and bright 2.7 inch screen. If you have large hands, the buttons are uncomfortable to reach and it feels as though you are holding a very very light rock in you hands. It is really small and compact and weighs a fair amount. Also the process of getting the video on your computer is not very easy for a beginner and the instructions aren’t written perfectly. The battery also only lasts for about 1 hour, but you can buy another battery with better life to it. In addition to that, it turns on every time you flip the screen open, which gets really annoying. It also lacks a port for an external mic. In the end it is a pretty amazing camera for 400$, But if your planning on making movies with it, this camera is not your best choice. But if you just want to make some home movies with no further editing, this is probably one of the best choices out there."
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