Hitachi DZ-MV730E

alaTest has collected and analyzed 21 user reviews of Hitachi DZ-MV730E from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other Camcorders on Amazon.com. People are impressed by the battery and usability. Many are less positive about the durability and price.

Early generations of DVD camcorders were clunky, half-baked efforts at taking advantage of the inevitable onslaught of DVD in the home. It took a few ...

DVD camcorders still seem like an odd gimmick to us. More cumbersome and expensive than comparable MiniDV units, they record to non-standard 3.5-inch DVDs. And, while we can understand Sony marketing them to the same type of consumer who used to like...

Hitachi DZMV730A

Hitachi's entry level camcorder this year, the DZ-MV730, offers no surprises, and is stripped of some pretty fundamental features. Comparable to most entry level camcorders, the camcorder is outfitted with an unimpressive imager, a 1/6” CCD with 680K...

The DZ-MV730 is Hitachi's entry level DVD camcorder this year. It is armed with a mediocre imager, standard among lower-end DVD machines, and performs accordingly. While it also lacks a USB port, a big detriment to convenience-hungry consumers, the...

Speaking of options, this camcorder records to DVD-R and DVD-RAM. The latter of those two, gives you more in camera editing options and the DVD-R media will help insure a higher level of compatibility among DVD players. If that's not enough for you,...

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Hitachi DZ-MV730A DVD Camcorder w/16x Optical Zoom.