JVC GZ-HD 3 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: In bright shooting environments, such as the outdoors or a well-lit room, the GZ-HD3 performs adequately. Its three 1/5-inch, 570,000-pixel CCDs churn out an image that is relatively saturated, yet sharper than most hard drive camcorders. One of the ...

Verdict: JVC certainly knows how to design a camcorder with looks that kill. This black beauty is solidly constructed, offers a decent gamut of manual controls, and provides hassle-free HDD recording. On the downside, its video performance just can't ante up ...

Review summary: jvc everio gz-hd3 review: As a scaled-down version of JVC's GZ-HD7, the GZ-HD3 ditches some of the fancier features, but its price is still higher than we'd like for this camcorder.

Pros: Good-looking design, High quality audio, Low levels of noise in low light video

Cons: Low-resolution video, Needs built-in neutral density (ND) filter, No viewfinder

Verdict: As a scaled-down version of JVC's GZ-HD7, the GZ-HD3 ditches some of the fancier features, but its price is still higher than we'd like for this camcorder.

Pros: Good-looking design ; high-quality audio ; low-noise, low-light video

Cons: Low-resolution video ; needs built-in ND filter ; no viewfinder

Verdict: As a scaled-down version of JVC's GZ-HD7, the GZ-HD3 ditches some of the fancier features, but its price is still higher than we'd like for this camcorder.

Review summary: When Lori Grunin reviewed JVC's Everio GZ-HD7 a few months ago, it did all right, but she concluded that its features, performance, and image quality didn't live up to its high price tag. JVC followed up the HD7 with the Everio GZ-HD3, a scaled-down ...

Pros: Good-looking design ; high-quality audio ; low noise, low-light video

Review summary: ...you'll love the five hours of storage, nice ergonomics and pretty HD video..

Pros: 60GB HDD 3-CCD HD camcorder with 10x zoom

Cons: No optical image stabilization or flash