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Testseek.com have collected 21 expert reviews of the JVC GZ-MG505U and the average rating is 77%. Scroll down and see all reviews for JVC GZ-MG505U.
 
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The editors liked

  • Great feature set overall
  • With manual controls rivaling Panasonic Joystick controller works well
  • And screenside placement surprisingly convenient Very good video quality
  • And versatility Huge 60GB HDD Good video performance and excellent still perfor...
  • Huge storage capacity
  • Highly portable
  • Excellent video and stills quality
  • Generally satisfying video and still-photo quality
  • Light and compact design
  • Appropriate and usable manual controls.
  • Massive storage (7 hours of MPEG2 video) Much less video noise than earlier Everios Fast focusing and response Nice ergonomics

The editors didn't like

  • With HD camcorders only a few hundred dollars more
  • Value is questionable for this SD model Battery life is shorter than competing models
  • Experienced videographers may find colors oversaturated
  • No eye-level viewfinder
  • Requires a pass through the manual to understand operation
  • No internal lens cover
  • Renders reds poorly
  • Video looks washed out on computer.
  • Colors don’t have pop Color accuracy off target

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  Published: 2006-09-20, review by: goodgearguide.com.au

  • Good quality video, Easy to use, Small
  • Poor quality still images, Short battery life, No viewfinder The Final Word A great little camcorder only let down by poor quality still images and below par battery life.
  • A great little camcorder only let down by poor quality still images and below par battery life.

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  Published: 2006-08-03, review by: cnet.com.au

  • Generally satisfying video and still-photo quality, Light and compact design, Appropriate and usable manual controls
  • No eye-level viewfinder, Requires a pass through the manual to understand operation, No internal lens cover, Renders reds poorly, Video looks washed out on computer
  • A well-designed hard-disk-based camcorder, the JVC Everio GZ-MG505 produces video and stills that look great on TV. But its price might make you hit Pause. ...

 
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  Published: 2006-01-01, review by: gadgetguy.com.au

  • 3CCDs. Long recording time. Adequate software. Pleasant in the hand. Simplicity of controls. Cold shoe and microphone socket. Relatively sophisticated still camera functions; nice pictures.
  • Slow to focus on zooming. No headphone socket. Drop-off in available pixels in 16:9.On-the-camera battery charging. Lack of optical image stabilisation.
  • I didn?t think it would happen (myself not being a great fan of MPEG video cameras), but if someone was entering video ? especially if they were intending to travel and wanted a convenient, simple camera with a lot of storage for under $2000 ? then I w...

 
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  Published: 2007-08-25, Author: Karl , review by: macworld.co.uk

  • Built-in 30GB hard drive, easy file manipulation and transfer, compact if a little weighty, good control layout, acceptable picture quality, quick startup
  • No built-in lens cover, no electronic viewfinder for eye-level shooting, relatively short battery life, no manual focus ring

 
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  Published: 2007-01-17, review by: stuff.tv

  • 3CCDs mean a detailed and colourful picture. Masses of storage. Nice big, bright widescreen.
  • Colours are sometimes too vivid. Hardly pocketable. Optical viewfinder can be grainy and washed out. No HD.
  • 3CCD has yet to prove it’s worth the premium. If you want a hard-disker, go for one of the cheaper Everio models ...

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  Published: 2006-08-11, review by: CNET.co.uk

  • Compact design; easy operation
  • Proprietary video codec makes using third-party editing tools problematic
  • Although the hard-disk format has yet to come of age, theres plenty to recommend here. The MG505 is a solid and impressively specced camcorder that pushes the format that little bit closer to superseding tape ...

 
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  Published: 2006-07-01, review by: expertreviews.co.uk

  • Abstract:  The GZ-MG505 is the flagship model in a range of JVC camcorders that generate compressed Mpeg-2 video streams in addition to Jpeg digital still images, and write them to a 1.8in 30GB non-removable hard disk drive (although an optional SD card can also ...

 
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  Published: 2006-10-05, review by: Cnetfrance.fr

  • qualité dimage (vidéo et photo) globalement satisfaisante ; format léger et compact ; commandes manuelles appropriés et utiles, prise micro.
  • pas de viseur optique ; lecture du manuel indispensable pour comprendre son fonctionnement ; pas de cache dobjectif interne ; piètre restitution des rouges ; vidéo délavée sur un moniteur.
  • caméscope à disque dur bien conçu, le JVC Everio GZ-MG505 produit une vidéo et des clichés remarquables sur un écran de téléviseur, mais vous serez peut-être freiné par son prix.

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  Published: 2006-10-05, review by: zdnet.fr

  • qualité dimage (vidéo et photo) globalement satisfaisante ; format léger et compact ; commandes manuelles appropriés et utiles, prise micro.
  • pas de viseur optique ; lecture du manuel indispensable pour comprendre son fonctionnement ; pas de cache dobjectif interne ; piètre restitution des rouges ; vidéo délavée sur un moniteur.
  • caméscope à disque dur bien conçu, le JVC Everio GZ-MG505 produit une vidéo et des clichés remarquables sur un écran de téléviseur, mais vous serez peut-être freiné par son prix. ...

 
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  Published: 2007-06-08, review by: tecnozoom.it

  • Hard disk interno; Telecomando incluso; Filmati in 16:9; Sistema a tre sensori; Stabilizzazione delle immagini,
  • Prezzo
  • La JVC Gz Mg505 è una videocamera dalle prestazioni eccezionale, il cui primo elemento interessante è l’hard disk che permette all’utente di risparmiare molto, in termini di costo, per la memorizzazione di video e foto. Particolarmente interessante è ...

 
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