$5.79 Sony DCR-TRV330 Digital8 Handycam Review & Test

[@bungummie]

My parents bought this for $700 back in the 2000s

[@vwestlife]

It must be Handycam season, because I found a CCD-TR517 at the thrift store today. It's the same low-end Video8 XR model that uxwbill reviewed, but it did come with a "lost" tape inside, and it works fine.

[@LowBudgetProductions]

Would you be willing to make a video of that camcorder when you get a chance?

[@vwestlife]

Low Budget Videos I already sold it on eBay. You can watch uxwbill's video about the CCD-TRV517, if you haven't already.

[@themaritimegirl]

The problem with the scroll wheel bringing up the titler isn't a mechanical problem. If it does *something* every time you press it, then it mechanically works just fine. It's an electronic glitch. My TRV340 had that problem when I first got it. Pressing Stop would engage the manual focus, pressing fast forward would engage rewind, and a couple of other ones. Like the "mapping" of the buttons became messed up. I think that's your issue. Like mine, yours will probably eventually clear up. It's really weird; I don't know what causes it. Otherwise, a very fine camcorder. Too bad about the tape loading issue. Does it do it if you try another tape?

[@Jallge]

Score! I really enjoyed this video, it had a little bit of everything, without being overly long winded and boring, not that your videos usually are. :) Nice to see zeh StinkPad R60 back on its feet.

[@VintageElectronicsGeek]

I don't have this model in my collection, however I have used it many years ago and it was pretty good! And for five bucks you can never go wrong!

[@matmroy]

Very nice camcorder. Can't believe you got it for $5.79. WOW! I have two Sony DCR-TRV280's and I love them, but they won't play 8mm or Hi-8 recordings. You really can't beat the built quality of the Sony Handycams.

[@LowBudgetProductions]

I wish we got deals like that in our thrift stores! The DCR-TRV330 model sells for a good amount of money on eBay, and that battery it came with even more so. I just got a Sony FDR-AX33 4K camcorder that I will be doing a review video on soon. I have had it for a week as of today. I may just have to take a trip to a few of our thrift stores soon to see what comes up! It seems like "camcorder season" is around the same time as "spring cleaning season", probably for good reason.

[@charlievandemark8926]

How were you able to transfer the videos to your comptuer. I'm looking into buying one and some information would be appreciated.

[@wonderpierrot]

I got the PAL version for a whopping $2.50 at a thrift store with a traveling bag and pretty much every accessory that originally came with it. Appears to also never been used. I didn't have a usage for a PAL camcorder so I ended up selling it on eBay for $200. It's amazing how much more valuable PAL camcorders are compared to NTSC; guess you can't really find them that often.

[@KylesTechChannel01]

+Wonderpierrot Money well spent!

[@jimlawson8733]

Hi, Maybe you can help me. My church owns a Sony DCR TRV 230 , and we can not figure out how to turn off the camera microphone. We want to plug our audio board in directly, but when doing the camera microphone remains ON. Where is the setting that turns that camera mic OFF. Thanks

[@epicchris1985]

Great video review from you as always. Got one of these units on the way to me via eBay. Paid a lot but not compared to some of the prices it goes for. Hopefully in full working order as listed. If not can always return. Love these old units and this unit has much better features then a lot of them of the time.

[@elevatordailies]

Speaking of older cameras, just got a really great deal on Bolex H16 film camera. Hope to have a review of it soon. Just need to find a place that will develop 16mm film.

[@ceezsees3471]

Hi great video, I wonder if you can tell me whether this camera allows you to record time/date stamps in the bottom corner like the older Hi8 camcorders can do? thanks in advance.

[@ИгорьХазанов]

DCR-TRV 355 PAL. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU . SONY !

[@SebisRandomTech]

I have the TRV-230, which is basically the exact same camcorder except it doesn't have the Memory Stick function. It also lacks USB capabilities.

[@seth9039]

how do you transfer the vids to computer

[@KylesDigitalLab]

Do the remotes work with other Hi8/Di8 camcorders?

[@KylesTechChannel01]

you click the exposure button for select instead of pushing in the wheel

[@bsanchez3563]

Is that a beginning 00s or early to mid 00s era camcorder?

[@danielrudolph3252]

Seems like a 2003 model. I have an old Hi8 from that year that has similar characteristics, so I would guess that year. But you can always Google the Manuel, and it see the year at the bottom of the cover page.

[@bsanchez3563]

@@danielrudolph3252 aight coolio thx dawg

[@danielrudolph3252]

Although I did look up that model shortly after, it's actually from 2001.

[@juanosorno8153]

Great video!!! I just picked one of this camcorders on ebay. Now I want to transfer a bunch of Hi-8 tapes I have but I am having problems getting to transfer to a mac or windows 10. Do you have any suggestions on how to do this? Any help will be appreciated.

[@TheFilwud]

I have just dubbed a few mini DV tapes onto my PC, I used an ILInk cable from the DV out socket to a firewire-in socket on my PC. The cable was about £6 off Amazon, I have Cyberlink Powerdirector and have used it for ages, this week was the first time I ever used the fire-wire input on my 11 year old PC! The computer didn't seem to recognise the camcorder when connected, but when I starter Powerdirector and tried the capture screen, it all worked perfectly.My DCR-TRV340E has got the I-Link out and also has USB, which I have not tried. I have another old Sony HDD camcorder without I_Link but with USB out so I will be trying the USB option a bit later.

[@FrankZen]

Okay... I thought I'd get higher resolution from this camera but from what I see on the demo, the resolution is what it is... So it's standard def and soft...

[@lawrencerasmus]

The 330 has the larger cosm and takes better video than others

[@SuperSummersm]

What charger cable do i need? the one i got on ebay won't fit

[@rondavis5948]

MINE FLIPS BACK TO TITLE PAGE ALSO WHEN i SELECT SETUP MENU---DID YOU GET IT WORKING ?

[@merra1619]

I have the 330e. Do ypu know what the difference is??

[@slatebrick6016]

e the is for pal regions. ntsc and pal don't mix with these camcorders.

[@vintagecameras9623]

good work my friend

[@MrJ0mmy]

Cool

[@ohCons]

1.75 $ for gas and now it’s literally almost 5.79$ 😂

[@tabithapruitt2899]

What kind of tape do you use in this camcorder?

[@simonemastroianni1985]

@T C seems more like a MiniDV looking at 1:52

[@Techwant7070]

@@simonemastroianni1985 that’s the battery it take hi8 tapes

[@simonemastroianni1985]

​@@Techwant7070 i was referring to the video artifact happening @ 1:52 , not the lithium battery. That video artifact is typical from MiniDV tapes, but as far as i know it could be also a Digital 8 tape

[@Techwant7070]

@@simonemastroianni1985 sorry i did not know you were referring to the artifact in the video quality yes that does often happen on mini dv tapes

[@simonemastroianni1985]

@@Techwant7070 np man, i just didn't explain myself :)

[@deninuryanto2135]

Indo

[@SuperOceolla]

Тю, это же утопия!