The bad things:
1. It is very heavy and big
2. The build-in printer: I stop using this feature completely since the still image quality is quite low so the pictures came out not pretty at all and it takes more than 2 minutes to print one photo. The 830 does the right thing to have the printer externally.
3. Slow rewind speed

I have no trouble finding the Digital-8 tapes and got quite a lot of photo papers for it (even though I don't use them at all).


worth every penny   June 6, 2001
Jim (harrisburg, nc)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

great overall camcorder. you have to love the 25x zoom. easy to use. i've gone through just about all the features with only two trips to the manual. the grandparents loved being able to get print out pictures of their new grandson instantly during our last visit.


I love my new Sony TRV820 camcorder, but.....   April 19, 2001
R. McGuire (Atlanta, GA)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful

Accessories for the printer are VERY hard to find. No one I have checked with carries the paper or cartridge in stock - all of them say they can order the supplies, but every store, especially specialty camera shops, wants way too much money for the order. I have found that buying supplies from Sony is less expensive, but does take some time (so if you need it NOW you better start looking...yesterday!).

As for other features, there are so many it may take me a while to figure them all out. I shopped for over a year before buying this camera - coincidentally, my previous camcorder was a Sony Hi8 - great camera until my brother went out and destroyed it! ;-)

This is a terrific camcorder if you can afford...


Accessories/Necessities?   January 27, 2001
Gregory C Reece (Frazier Park, CA United States)
10 out of 16 found this review helpful

Seems like a GR8 camera...having a little trouble finding some things I'd like to add to it tho...Like FILM? Can't seem to find the Digital 8 cassette, or find the IR Receiver (to play tapes to TV w/o hookups) or... I guess it's part of being the new technology...parts are hard to find at first. I am impressed with the resolution of the LCD screen, am losing sight in my right eye, so the viewfinder is pretty useless, but the LCD screen is large & bright. I like the printer feature & think this is a camera that will be a benchmark


Great Digital8 Camcorder   December 23, 2000
Corey Franklin (Shorewood, MN USA)
7 out of 14 found this review helpful

A great camcorder by Sony. Loaded with endless features, great zoom, and high resolution. The printer feature is great. It comes out great quality. You can even print on one big sticker or 9 small ones. I would recommend this camcorder to anyone.