JVC Everio GZ-MC500 DV Cam Review

I love the idea of hard disk recording. I hate the idea of recording direct to a compressed format. JVC takes what could be a great DV cam and makes it less than perfect by combining 3-chip imaging with a microdrive and MPEG-2 recording. 4GB isn't enough for uncompressed video, but for god sake they could have used something better than MPEG-2; especially for $1500. DVSpot reviews the cam and gives it something less than high marks.

From the review: "The JVC Everio GZ-MC500 is unlike any camcorder we've reviewed yet. It doesn't record to tape or even to a DVD. The MC500 instead records to a 4GB Microdrive, which is a mini hard disk drive originally designed by IBM (now Hitachi). Movies are saved in MPEG-2 format and you can store a full hour of high quality video on the disk. When you want to delete video you can do it right on the camcorder, without needing to buy another tape or DVD."

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