Samsung SCD23 MiniDV Camcorder with 2.5 LCD
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Customer Review: What a disappointment
Summary: 2 Stars
The very first video taken was my wedding (the camera was a gift) and the image is distorted. It takes great footage if it's on a tripod and not moved at all, but any time you move the camera at all the picture is all broken up in pieces. It looks great while recording and it isn't until playback that you realize it's awful. It doesn't happen every time, but I've had it 2 years and it happens more often than not. We think we have a great video of our daughter's first birthday or Disney vacation and then watch it and see half of it is distorted. What a disappointment!Customer Review: Avoid at all costs! CCD goes out!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
When I first got this as a gift from my father-in-law I was very
pleased. Lots of cool features, easy to use, etc etc etc. But one
day after probably 20 hours of use, the thing would no longer
record video. It records sound and plays back ok, but no recording
video. I've researched the web and this sounds like it's
very common with this model. Samsung may get a class action lawsuit
if they don't replace these faulty ccd's for free. This experience
has made me decide to avoid samsung products in the future.
Customer Review: The Samsung SCD23 LEMON
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought one of these new and enjoyed all the features on it and I found the shutter speed going down to 1/30, 1/15/ and 1/8 to be really nice. At any rate a few months and I was not able to playback or record, took it in and was told the ccd was bad. I bought another off ebay, right out of the box, it did not work at all, so I sent it back and got another one off Ebay. Guess what? Another Lemon!!! Could have been a great camcorder is the story of this model. I think they tried to put too much punch into this camcorder and without the right budget. Save your money, these are LEMONS! Buying 3 makes me an idiot!! Customer Review: Not worth the money
Summary: 1 Stars
I've had scd minidv camcorder for 2 years and maybe used it a dozen times. One day I went to use it and it would not record. Anyhow, the lense broke (and no it was not droped or abused in any way).Samsung wants me to ship it to them with $150. A local repair shop charged $68 to look at it and declare the ccd or cdc (shutter) is broken and will cost $274 to replace. This is a huge disapointment and seems to be a pretty common issue with this model. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.Customer Review: Sensor Chip went bad. Buy Extended Warranty
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this model and had it for a little more than a year. It worked wonderfully but then 1 day out of the blue the LCD or eye piece would not work when i wanted to record something. The playback worked fine but when I wanted to shoot something it went all black. I did some research and the problem was with the a sensor chip being bad. This is a known issue to happen (based on all the people I read having this issue on the internet). In any case it will cost me $288 to replace and repair the camera. If I had bought the extended warranty it would not costed me anything. I am contemplating on just buying a different make and model from another manufacturer.
It's like a car do you really want to spend the money on a rebuilt engine or transmission. There's always that risk it can break again.