Samsung SCL810 Hi8 Camcorder with 2.5 LCD (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

Well I received this as a gift I had it for 15 years really never used it as much love the features very nice camcorder for beginners

Being used to transfer analog media to digital, works plugged in only, (battery way past it's useful life span). It's an old machine that works for it's intended purpose as long as its plugged in.

I have used my camcorder about 5 times, on my 7 month old's 1st trip to Disneyland I went to change the tape at the end of recording, and put a new tape in. After changing the tape, the camera would no longer play nor record. Of course I was just out of the 1 year limited warranty, and now it will cost almost as much to fix the camera as it would to buy a whole new one. It has never been dropped, nor mistreated. It just stopped recording or playing for no reason at all. What a waste of money.

I got this camera because I had a stack of old 8mm tapes I wanted to convert to DVD. This little camera did the trick very easily. However, I would note, that if you have old tapes that were recorded in LP this will NOT play them.

In short this is a great cam. I got it for my brithday,and it is so much fun, you can get it cheap I got it for $130 new from Bestbuys over thanksgiven it is a great for beginer cam,buy it even for a child will have fun with this hay look i am only 14the first peson who wrote in is so wrong

I have bought a refurbished SCL810.For the price you pay, you get a very good product. Value for money, I would say. I was also considering SONY products, but they cost atleat a 100 bucks more for similar features.What I liked about the camcorder was that the decent picture quality in poor lighting.I have recommended this camera to one of my friends and even he picked up one piece.Do not buy this camcorder, if you want to use it exhaustively. Because it lacks many features that a $600 camcorder does not offer, like still shots.The specs erroniously mentions that this is a dual system camcorder (NTSC and PAL). What they offer is a PAL 60 system compatiability, which I do not think is what is generally followed in countries like India.Good: Good picture quality. Very cheap Hi8 camcorder. Good built quality (you can feel the sturdy construction). Good battery life.Cons: No high end features like Still camera functions. No standard PAL system compatiability.

I bought one of these cameras and it works great for me, with well over "30 minutes" of recording time with the LCD screen on, as that one guy stated. I love it, and especially for the price, it was well worth it to buy it. It has always worked great for me and I've owned it for more than a year now. With a deal like this, why buy a more expensive camcorder with the same functions?

I bought this over 2& 1/2 years ago. The only problem I've had is the flip-out screen. It stopped working after 6 months, so I have to record through the viewfinder. But the picture quality is great for a non-digital format. It charges quickly. I do not film for hours upon end, so I haven't had problems with battery life. I had the camcorder in the closet for 2 months, with the battery detached and I was able to play a 2-hour tape on it to watch on tv. The battery still had power after.