Watch your home movies come to life like never before with the DCR-DVD203 DVD Handycam camcorder from Sony. Enjoy the extra large 2.7-inch-wide LCD screen, which swivels and adjusts to optimize the viewing angle for easy recording. Not only can you record digital video, but you can also capture quality digital still images at up to one megapixel. The DCR-DVD203 is even capable of recording surround sound audio (an optional surround sound microphone is required), so you can capture big sound to match its big picture.

Specifications

DVD Format Video Recording*
The DVD recording format delivers digital picture and sound quality comparable to that of MiniDV, but on DVD. Playback of the DVDs couldn't be simpler. After being finalized in the camcorder, the disc can play back in most DVD Players, computers, and even PlayStation2 video game consoles.

12x/480x Digital Zoom
The optical zoom helps to bring the action close up from far away. Digital Zoom Interpolation means that extreme digital zooming is clearer, with less distortion than with previous types of digital zooms.

1/5.5-Inch Advanced HAD CCD Imager, 1,070K Pixels Gross
1/5.5-inch Advanced HAD (Hole Accumulation Diode) CCD with 690K (effective) pixels provides stunning detail and clarity with exceptional video (up to 520 lines of horizontal resolution) and still image (1,000k) performance.

Professional-Quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens
Carl Zeiss lenses have an advanced optical multilayer coating that offers less glare and flare, with increased contrast. This results in vivid image brilliance, true-to-life color saturation, and perfect renditions of subtle tones.

InfoLithium Battery with AccuPower Meter System
Charge the battery at anytime--unlike NiCad (Nickel Cadmium) batteries, Sony's rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are not subjected to a life-shortening "memory effect." Sony's exclusive AccuPower meter displays the approximate battery time remaining in minutes, either in the viewfinder or on the LCD screen.

USB 2.0 Interface
USB 2.0 interface provides an easy way to connect your DVD Handycam Camcorder to the computer for fast transfer of video and still images. The camcorder can also be used as an external DVD burner, convenient for making copies of your DVDs or for burning edited movies.

Super NightShot Plus Infrared System
With Sony's Super NightShot Infrared System you can capture natural-looking video, even when shooting in low light. Record subjects up to 20 feet away using the built-in infrared system, but without the overall monochrome color common with earlier low-light recording systems

Manual Focus
Allows the user to manually adjust the focus of the camcorder using the touch panel. Manual focusing also allows the user to control the focus in difficult situations in which either the environment or the subject does not allow the camcorder's autofocus to perform optimally, such as when shooting through a window or in a crowded environment

Program AE (Auto Exposure) Modes
Program AE modes make recording easy even when filming in challenging situations. Choose from Portrait, Beach & Ski, Sports Lesson, Landscape, Spotlight, and Sunset & Moon modes.

Active Interface Shoe
Provides a location directly on the camcorder to which to add optional accessories while providing power and two-way communication to those accessories.

SteadyShot Picture-Stabilization System
Picture-stabilization system that uses motion sensors to detect and compensate for camera shake without compromising picture quality, as some other digital stabilization systems do.

DVD-R/RW- and +RW-Compatible
The DCR-DVD203 is compatible with a variety of DVD formats, allowing the ease of use and simplicity found in DVD media. With DVD+RW media there is no need to finalize the disc (minimum recording required). Simply remove the disc and insert the media into a compatible DVD player.

On-Screen Zoom and Record Buttons
For addition control of the camcorder, the fix wrap DCR-DVD203 features Zoom and Record buttons on the frame of the LCD screen. This allows the user more flexibility when holding the camcorder, especially in overhead or low-angle shots.

Stamina Battery Power-Management System
Using the optional NP-FP90 InfoLithium Battery, the DCR-DVD203 can continuously record for up to eight hours on a single full charge, providing extra-long battery life.

Battery Information
At the touch of a button, battery information is displayed on the LCD screen when charging or when the camcorder is turned off. The display will show how much the battery is charged in 10% increments and the recordable time left on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder.

Easy Handycam Button
Using a camcorder can be intimidating for some, so with a press of the Easy Handycam button, most of the advanced features of the camcorder are "locked out," leaving only the buttons essential for recording operational.

Review

This little thing is wonderful. It takes great shots and video. Nightshot makes it easy to tape in the dark as well. Very small and very easy to use, on screen display of settings makes it even easier to use. No small buttons to fool with. So simple and easy to use. You can take video and pictures in sepia, black & white, pastel sketch, old movie and mosiac. Will also shoot across a basketball court making it look like you was out there with the players. And the software that came with it is amazing. You can add music and special affects to make awesome home movies. I just love all this. Its excellant for scrapbookers, mom's and anyone tired of boring, plain home movies.

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