Sony DCR-TRV280

alaTest has collected and analyzed 176 user reviews of Sony DCR-TRV280 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other Camcorders on Amazon.com. Comments about the durability and portability are on the whole positive. The image quality and usability also get good feedback. Comments are divided on the reliability.

At this point, the only people buying Digital8 camcorders over MiniDV must be doing so by choice. They may have been the cheaper option at one time, but now that the under-$300 barrier has been cracked by digital cameras, dinosaurs like the Sony...

The DCR-TRV280 is this year's low-end addition to the Sony Digital8 series. What it lacks in manual control options it makes up for in price, and what it lacks in chic packaging it compensates for in ease of use. It's the only Sony model that does not...

Lets get to the point. If you want a high end camcorder dish out the cash and get something else. I don't have any problems with unit at all.Also unit will get broken if you drop it just like a laptop would. Since other people who post there review...

We bought this camcorder mainly for taking family videos, but the quality was good enough that we actually ended up taping events and selling the videos to other families! Although it is slightly inconvenient to use tapes, at least you can buy several...

We bought this camcorder mainly for taking family videos, but the quality was good enough that we actually ended up taping events and selling the videos to other families! Although it is slightly inconvenient to use tapes, at least you can buy several ...

I always thought of SONY as being a quality company - producer of high quality products. Sadly, I had similar problems to other buyers of Sony HandyCams - sudden and irreparable failure of viewfinder. This is a KNOWN problem with Sony digital cams and...