Sometimes I do like the VHS tapes look it always brings me back to when I was a kid being allot of movies and documentaries used to be taken on some kind of film camera
This is an analog camcorder - you can't connect it to a computer. If you want to digitize the video, you need to get an analog video capture device for your computer.
What is GREAT about those camcorder, especially JVC is the optics. Incredible zoom and minimal distortion. I have one of those and use it on occasion for making tutorials. The macro is amazing too. No problems with low lighting either.
I had the SXM250, which was the same thing as this model except it recorded Super-VHS video onto either S-VHS-C tapes or on regular VHS-C tapes. It could also record in normal VHS mode. But I was disappointed that it didn't support stereo sound; it's rare to find a VHS-C or S-VHS-C camcorder with stereo sound, because like you said, they were at the bottom end of the market. But I also noticed that the on-screen menus were almost identical to JVC's MiniDV camcorders from the early 2000s, so I wouldn't be surprised if they used the same image sensors and a lot of similar electronics, just with different recording formats that they used.
Yeah, I imagine by the time stereo sound became a common camcorder feature, VHS-C had fallen out of style and was left to the bottom-end units. I find it interesting how the S-VHS-C units were able to record S-VHS video onto a VHS-C tape, and vice-versa.
Hello, go into your local, Goodwill Store & look in the camcorder section. Then test, the camcorder out, in the store. Just in case it doesn't work. Then go for another one & repeat again oh another thing make sure you have a fresh battery & a tape with you. Thankyou.
It's funny how the VHS look is coming back! I've done a few edits where I film with my Sony a7iii to make it look like it's vhs tape, which is actually kinda dumb cause why not just get a camera that'll give me the ACTUAL vhs look for like $30?
This was fantastic man. I shot some video of my wife and friends back in 97, and I found the tapes a few years back. All of those people in the video are dead now, and it was really important for me to copy those tapes. I spent a few years buying up camcorders like my old one, that were brand new from like 97. I have this exact camera in your vid! The one thing that drives me nuts is I cannot get the timer off the screen. Not on the old tape, as I am running the camcorder copying OFF of the tape, this stupid camera wont let me take anything off the display. Anyway thanks this was a great video!
@@tonivoul1971 Yes correct. There is a happy ending to this: My daughter got to see her mom for the first time (she was little when she died in 2005) My best friend that died I got to show her the tape and she was so thankful. Plus a few other family members got to see it. Thanks
I record my everyday life so I can look back at the things me and my friends did. Take advantage while you can. once the glory days is gone, it's never coming back
@@marcthomas2153 Tony Robbins said if life is worth living its worth recording. My journal is over 29k pages, and covers over 20 years. It gives me an insight into my life I would have lost, as we forget a lot of things. Thanks!
@@marcthomas2153 About never coming back: its true, but the real secret is that age is just another perspective, not a limitation. I found a whole new life and love it even more than I ever could before. Thanks.
@@tonysoprano3671 dude I have 3 camcorders for exactly this purpose! Regular VHS camcorders are way too big to skate in my opinion, So you should look for either video 8, VHS C, or Mini DV camcorders. The best Camcorder I have for skating, is a Mini DV Sony Camcorder.
VHS-C was a bad format but if you are interested in getting those anyways a model with TBC and CNR worth a lot! Especially the Super VHS-C cameras with the “ET” function for get more quality from normal VHS-C tapes!
I still use mine, never changed the tape out either. So far it's the only camcorder that hasn't crapped out on me. It is an earlier unit than this, has all the same features, adding the S-VHS. I always had problems with the Sony ones, but they had thicker plastic. I didn't like when the video got all colorful, when you reused a tape twice. Not sure if they were faulty, but my VHS-C never does that. At the most it will have audio dropouts and some static, but that never bothered me. The only two disadvantages I can think of is, the cheap plastic and the battery pack not lasting. I never had mechanical problems, other than a tape getting stuck, which is normal. The Video8s would not power back on, when a tape got stuck, that sucked. The VHS-C would let you take the tape out, after powering it back on. I can't really say anything else, I just feel more comfortable with JVC's camcorder.
I have a 2004 JVC GR-SXM37U Super VHS model I bought new at Walmart for about $600 give or take "ouch" quite a bit but for "new" video technology the price goes with the territory. Today still performs flawless and part of my vintage video showcase. I bet yours might of been around $400 back then.
S.LX in normal mode means the camera is using high gain, or indoors. The reason why it turns dark when you turn it off is because it's no longer using high ISO/gain but a native gain. OFF should be used for outdoors.
I decided to look into vintage camcorders recently. I dug out a VHS tape of a video I made in 2004 using a Panasonic VHS-C camcorder. I was quite impressed with the quality, although I expect it would look worse digitised than it does on a nice CRT :). I just checked my 2005 Jessops catalogue, and the only two VHS-C camcorders available then were JVC models (slightly less well featured than this one) @ £179.99 and £229.99. They're the cheapest in the whole catalogue.
I got a "Jazz" brand digital camcorder in December 2009, and realized that it wasn't HD after checking other aspect ratios in 2010. I used another aspect ratio to have a full screen video recording made. I realize now that the newer cameras, the digital types, have no character name generators compared to some older camcorders.
Hello I can, be your teacher, just follow my directions & you'll be fine. First take everything out of the box that it came in, make sure That the cables, the battery, & the converter plus the camcorder, plus The strap & the booklet & your going, to need that, if you have questions. Go to the store & get TC30 then set the camcorder to EP mode you'll get 90 minutes of Of recording time. Take it from me I know, I'm the camcorder King !!
I have this camcoder and I and a year ago I said I had this camcorder and I still use this camcorder to this day I transferred all my tapes to DVD and I never got them on my computer but the problem of having now is I can’t upload them to RU-vid or Facebook because I don’t have Internet where I live I have to go places in order to get it I hope one day I will be able to upload my videos to RU-vid but yeah even though I have those tapes on DVD I still use this camcorder because I like it but one camcorder I have not tried yet is Digital eight or an 8 mm camcorder maybe one day if I can find one I might give it a try but yeah the JVC camcorder I use is similar to The camcorder in this video is all different mine has the 700 times digital zoom and a few other features but I still use my camcorder to this day I also have a JVC camcorder from 1996 I use it sometimes but I like my 2003 camcorder better
I have a Panasonic VHS-C camcorder from the early 2000s that looks identical to that. Who knows, maybe JVC borrowed the design from Panasonic when designing this camcorder. Unfortunately I don't have the charger for my Panasonic unit so I can't power it up. I do know it works though since the battery did have some sort of a charge when I first got it.
Editsearch on your Handycams does the same thing as the retake feature on your JVC, in case you didn't know. I also have a VHS-C camcorder, an earlier model, a Quasar (Panasonic) VM-D52 that one of my friends gave me. Your JVC seems like a low(er) end model, but if it works, who really cares.
Nice video !, actually the tape motor noise (head drum) is less audible on the jvc compared to the handycam. Actually, I prefer the video quality of the jvc over your handycam
***** It's not that I prefer the jvc, but the handycam microphone pick up a lot of noise from the tape machanism, as on the jvc, the their is almost not tape mechanism noise, but you hear the zoom motor. But the video quality of the jvc is really good for what it is, for an analog camcorder it's nice, the image sensor also appear to do very well in low light !, must but 1/3 or 1/4 inch sensor, and not a 1/6 inch sensor like in many modern small form factor camcorder
Strange, I live in Europe, all my VHS-C tapes were 60 minutes SP (90 minutes LP) or 30 minutes. Super LoLux should be off when recording in well lit places or outdoors, because it grains your image. I've got older GR-AX280 from 1998/99. I've recorded no less than 80-100 hours in 1999-2006 peroid, and still original battery works for around 25 minutes which is crazy for battery which is 16 years old. Interestingly image quality in dark places seems to be better on JVC VHS-C, than on some newer bottom-end MiniDV camcoders, which I tested plenty.
Is there a way to turn off the time code when in play back? I plug the camera directly into a digitizing program but it has that time code and no way to turn it all off.
@@themaritimegirl I’ve searched through the settings, but because they decided to abbreviate everything, it’s very difficult to figure out what is what. I wouldn’t know what the setting would be called. Thanks though!
I have a JVC gr sxm 245 and it worked perfect a couple of years ago but now it doesnt recognize the cassette in the record mode and the cassette icon is blinking even with a brand new tape on it.... with other tapes it works on the play mode it can go forward and backward while playing but in the record mode it wont recognize even a new tape .... any suggestion on how to fix it!???
I usually have the two like one 97 and other 99 Panasonic Palmcorder that records SP and SLP Mono, and it is made in Japan, and what I don't like the most is when they record on SLP, it decreases the quality of the audio, and increases the time. But what I really like the most is VHS tape than VHS-C tape because they do record longer than VHS-C tape.
Hi, I have the same JVC, but without the AC adapter and the battery (that didn't retain charge) needs to be recharge with an external charger. I want to digitize my old records so I need an AC adapter to play and capture them. I know it must be 11volt 1 AMP, but the polarity of the conector is my problem. Can someone tell me if it is POSITIVE INSIDE/NEGATIVE OUTSIDE or NEGATIVE INSIDE/POSITIVE OUTSIDE ?
I have a JVC 800x zoom like yours without the light. Do the cords for sony fit JVC as well? (I hope). I took videos of nearly all my grandchildren. Got it back. Need cord. Halp! Haha.
Hi, I picked up the same JVC Camcorder with a used battery, power cord, neck strap and lens cap. No Manual, No Bag. Totally lost. This is my second camcorder, (Ex)-GF throw out my old one. When I was having heart surgery. How can some one do video edit without a camera? I found manual online and your video. Very uses full for a start. I have picked up a few T-30 tape, 3 pack. Nice find - I really was unsure about finding them. I got lucky and found my at Meijer here in Michigan. Thanks for the video.
Good afternoon!! I have a JVC camcorder gr da30u , I place the charger directly on it and does not carry the camera !! I have no other way to load !! Help me to know if I have to buy is a direct charger on the machine, a new battery or one charger that charges the battery right ?? !! If you can help me I thank you very much !!!
This was my first ever video camera as a film maker. Great camera for its time. Shot my first short film on one. By the way...the comments here are amusing. ITS A TAPE CAMERA.
Big Block Productions I’m thinking about getting one but I’m wondering how will I be able to watch the videos? Lol I might sound dumb but I have no idea and don’t own any vhs players anymore
I have one very similar to this in as new condition. It looks almost identical to yours except a few of the controls on top are slightly different, so it may be the later version. It is model number GRFX-17EK. I bought it new around 2006 and it has worked perfectly until I left it in storage for around a year. Now I find that the side door for inserting the tape will not stay shut, only now and then. When I eject a tape, and go to remove it, the tape seems to be getting caught in the head mechanism and some of the tape unravels as I remove the tape from the camera. I think I may need a new battery aswell because even though I charge it up, it only runs for around 5 minutes and goes flat. Anyone else had problems with this camera?
Seriously why keep all this old junk / rubbish VHS is the worst format to use for video, it’s a good start to make RU-vid videos but you need to do dubbing at a normal speed to transfer it to digital format I highly suggest that use SD based camera at least to have eliminate the need to do dubbing plus it’s 4:3 and 480p it’s old technology of rubbish.
themaritimegirl VHS has a lot of disadvantages compare to HD video camcorders, in my early years of RU-vid I actually used either a webcam or my VHS camera that I thrown out years ago, but when I changed over to iPhone 5 I used my phone for RU-vid as I do VLOGs it’s possible to use VHS camcorders but why would you when one have iPhones or HD cameras that are much more lightweight VHS in my opinion is junk for video production. Unless you install a capture card and I have a TV tuner that does that composite video and a sound card that has line in that’s what is required to do that job, I have converted VHS to AVI in the past. I have done it but it takes a long time to do that job, reason why I upgraded to SD based HD camera for long videos and iPhones for short or medium length RU-vid videos. I have created videos since 2006.
QUESTION: So My Camera Turns On., I Can Watch All Old Videos... But When I Turn My Camera On It Won't Pick Up An Image Whether Through The Screen Or Eye Piece ...The Display Keeps Sayyin Lens Cap., Despite Me Not Having A Lens Cap On., What Could The Issue Be!? Thanks
Sounds like either the aperture is stuck closed or the image sensor has died. The former would require extensive disassembly to try and repair, and the latter is beyond repair. Either way, the camera is probably junk.
I just purchased the same model from an eBay seller. Unfortunately , it ha this annoying error code E04 that won't go away. Any suggestion on how to fix this error code?
Try to open the tape compartment. Press the eject button to do so. Look at the video heads, if it looks dirty, you can either use a VHS-C video head cleaner or use the all mighty alcohol. Don't use Q-tips, they could get stuck in the video head and fuck it up even more.
They made these for a few years afterward, too. Shouldn't really be surprised - just because better things exist doesn't mean there isn't a market for the lower-end stuff. VHS-C held on well into the digital age because it was cheap and compatible with VHS VCRs.
+themaritimeman well I got my mini dv camera 2005 cost 220nzd new and tapes where 15nzd each I do remember seeing vhsc tapes for sale at one shop for like 20nzd each
I have a JVC GR-AXM18U, and it has been experiencing some issues with it. It only starts working whenever it is the DC cord is in, though it stops whenever it is unplugged form the DC. I've looked at the serial number on the battery pack, and I only got a few results. If you can tell me other batteries that fit this model and where to find them, then that'd be very much appreciated.
Hey. I myself have a older JVC VHS-C and a Sony Video8. I don't have original batteries. I was lucky that the Sony my father had, its charger has a DC powerlead that fits in the battery slot. So I used two Lithium Ion batteries in series to get around 7v to 8v. So you can make them yourself. Buy some 18650 batteries and a battery holder for it that connects them in series. You need a charger also for them. For the JVC I don't have a powerlead for it, so I have to open it up and solder some connection to it.
Does Hi8 kassette fit and shows what you have record on it? My recording is on HI8 Hi8 kassette and my camera is dead and want to know if they are same system as VHSc?
