Sony DCR DVD403
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The Sony DCR-DVD403 from Sony is the quick and painless way to get your family's precious memories onto DVD. The DCR-DVD403 from Sony is the quick and painless way to get your family's precious memories onto DVD. No hassling with software or conversions, this camcorder does it for you. The 10x optical zoom and large, 2.7" LCD screen make the overall recording experience both rewarding and comfortable.
Specifications
- 3.3 megapixel CCD
- 10x optical zoom / 120x digital zoom
- auto and manual focus
- image stabilization
- 2.7" LCD screen
- 14.5oz
Product Information
| Manufacturer | Sony |
|---|---|
| Part Number | DCR-DVD403 |
| UPC | 027242670075 |
| Release Date | Sep 28, 2005 |
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Sony DCR DVD403 Comments & Questions (write your own!)
However, you have a DVD camcorder. When editing footage from it, consider that it records in MPEG2 - which is a compressed digital signal. Taking that footage, editing it, and the reburning it onto DVD will recompress that footage further. And that doesn't make for an optimal video eperience.
If you aren't concerned with editing, it may be easier to simply take DVD Decrypter or DVD Shrink, rip the smaller DVDs and then reburn them using NERO or some other burning software.
Sony DCR DVD403 Reviews
Sony DCR DVD403 Reviews by Camcorder HQ Users
- 1.0 out of 5
- 1.0 out of 5
I have a Sony DCR-DVD703E just out of warrenty by three months. Now the Lens Cover will not open at all even when I give it a gentle flick with a finger it snaps shut again. Useless Sony!!!
- 1.0 out of 5
I bought into the Sony Hype,but after numerous failure's I must say "my Sony buying days are over!" I own a Sony laptop that has been in for service twice with an outrageous flat rate fee of repair, 3 digital cameras with all defective Sony components bad lens on one DSC-W1, battery door spring and latch on another DSC-10 I think , LCD on the other one of the first affordable digital Sony cameras all bad out of warranty and flat rate not worth it!, granted purchased over the past several years. .
Now my last purchase was a DVD403 handycam- zoom in/out is not working 2 months out of warranty $300+ flat rate fee!!!
I refuse-I have since purchased several Nikons L4,L11,L6 I think and my newest baby-D40X. Nikon has been awesome.
Bye Bye Sony! You got enough of my money!
- 1.0 out of 5
17 days after warranty Exp the lens cover wont open, what a crock
It just is a shelf ornament. Not sending it in to sony any suggestions on home repair/repair shops are appreciated.
- 1.0 out of 5
When I see this review "Excessive Repair Charges - Broken Lens Cover (Camcorder HQ user review)
Three weeks after the 1 year warranty was up, the lens cover did not open. We sent it to Sony for repair and was charged $369 - just to replace the lens cover. We were extremely disappointed in the costumer service from Sony repair. We will not purchase another Sony product because of it!"
I donnt think it is true. Now my DVD403 Camcorder's len cover doesnot work just after one year and went there for a price to fix it. It is true. I will throw it away! It is a garbage!
- 1.0 out of 5
Three weeks after the 1 year warranty was up, the lens cover did not open. We sent it to Sony for repair and was charged $369 - just to replace the lens cover. We were extremely disappointed in the costumer service from Sony repair. We will not purchase another Sony product because of it!
- 4.0 out of 5
My issue is with the software provided with the DVD403! What's up with that? It seems to be very cumbersome and not user friendly. I bring in my movie and then revise it in ROXIO 8. I'm also finding that the provided software seems to "fight" with my other programs... i.e. ROXIO 8!
- 5.0 out of 5
Over the past 15 years I have gone from 8mm to VHS-c to a digital video camera, I have found the best yet with the Sony DVD-403.
The picture quality is excellant, the ease of use is excellant, and there are some great features like the touchscreen for playback controls.
Being able to pop the DVD into a pc or DVD player and play back is great, as is the ease of copying the DVD to send to grandma.
I love the DVD format for being able to quickly find particular scenes, and to look at what I have recorded, and not worry about finding the place where I stopped recording so I dont record over what I have already done.
The only downside is the difficulty editing what you have shot, but for most of us amateurs that is not such a big deal.
- 3.0 out of 5
Against moel DCR DVD403 you have shown the picture of DCR HC 42E and vice vers. Please check
- 2.0 out of 5
Yes there is an AC adapter, but you have to turn the camera OFF to re-charge the battery. This is weird and unexpected. It is very easy to forget the limitation, then plug in the camera while it is ON (as with all our other Sony cameras). So you think you are re-charging the battery, but actually aren't.
- 3.0 out of 5
Yes, it is great to have an immediately playable DVD, but ...
a. Max time per DVD is 27-30 mins. So your video of the wedding etc may have an unexpected gap due to need to install a new blank DVD.
b. If you use non-Sony media, you get to see a big blue rectangle for a few seconds EACH time you turn on the camera. It urges you to switch to Sony media (although non-Sony media otherwise works fine). What's with that blatant advertising?
c. You don't know for sure if your camera and sound settings are right until you finalize a disc and put it in a real DVD players.
d. Apparently you can't play back a completed DVD on the camera itself, ie, using the LCD as a small display.
e. You can't simply copy video from the DVD or the camera to an MPEG or AVI file. You must use included software to move stuff around.
f. To edit or erase video you have to copy it all to a PC, then use Sony's included (limited) software, then copy it back to the camera on a new DVD blank.
Have to say I am disappointed, given the high price and potential of this camera.
- 5.0 out of 5
This is a great camera but Sony will not support any Apple products. I now have 8cm DVD's of my newborn Baby that I cannot edit unless I repair and upgrade my Windows PC.
Too bad. I am returning it today.
You could, perhaps, move your dvd files over to your PC, and then use an authoring program to reauthor and link them all together, but again, you're looking at demuxing everything. It'll be quite the hassle.
Some software that could help is DVD Shrink, and NERO.