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Sony DCR TRV33

4 out of 5

"Auto power off function."

4 out of 5

"CCD went black"

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1 out of 5

stopped working blue screen (amanda Barbour - 11/20/06)

I hardly ever used it . On the day of my sons Birthday it stopped working, all I got was a blue screen. It cost... read more

1 out of 5

No picture (Matt H. - 10/8/06)

2 years for 12 hours of video and the thing dies? Glad I bought the 3 year warranty from Sears! The crappy part is that... read more

1 out of 5

CCD Died!! Think 100 times before buying (Ponnu - 9/15/06)

I rarely used my camcoder and well kept. All of a sudden it died , picture went black..and sound is recording. Don't buy until the... read more

1 out of 5

blank ccd ( - 6/20/06)

Boy I can't believe it my ccd just died and after seeing you all had the same problem I will contact sony and see what... read more

1 out of 5

Dead CCD in the 6th hour of recording ( - 6/20/06)

The title says it all. I have owned it for 2 years and don't use it often. In the 6th total hour of recording since... read more

1 out of 5

Dead CCD ( - 4/21/06)

After about 18 months of owning this, the record picture went blank... just read other reviews, and realise, I am not alone. This is my... read more

1 out of 5

Same problem on this damn brand ( - 4/7/06)

I only used for less than 10 hours within the first year and it stopped working as everyone else expereienced, stop recording!!!! I called the... read more

1 out of 5

CCD Failure ( - 12/14/05)

Catastrophic failure at 18 months. Both screen and viewfinder work in playback; but no picture when recording. Pretends to record counter works...
Sony CD player... read more

1 out of 5

Good video but a very bad customer support ( - 12/1/05)

Hi All,
I did not had any problem with the quality of the movie recording or the picture resolution. I had great time when it... read more

1 out of 5

Same old problem - no video record ( - 9/23/05)

Just like others that have posted here my TRV33 all of the sudden stopped recording video. It records audio fine. It also plays back older... read more

1 out of 5

Great until screen went black ( - 9/19/05)

Extremely dissappointed. I was happy with it, until one day screen went black and it stopped working. Will cost at least $270 for repair. I... read more

1 out of 5

Only Lasted 18 months ( - 8/25/05)

Purchased to record new born son and daughter's first few years. Just stopped working last week with the black screen. Handled with care, never dropped... read more

1 out of 5

so bad experience (Maeng - 8/8/05)

I bought sony DCR-TRV33 one and half years ago. I was a very gentle user of it. I did not do anything wrong to this... read more

1 out of 5

DCR-TRV33 ( - 8/8/05)

I borrowed this camera from my mother-inlaw and it doesn't work anymore. I thought I did something wrong, but deturmined that the CCD isn't working... read more

1 out of 5

same problem with quality ( - 6/1/05)

The CCD module went bad on mine too. Also a little over one year (and out of warranty). I have Sony, computer, cameras, DVD's etc. read more

1 out of 5

Don't make the mistake of buying this.. read other forums ( - 4/8/05)

I had this camcorder for 14 months, probably used it 7 or 8 times.. the LCD display goes black due to some problem with CCD... read more

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