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4 Years and still good as new.
2008-10-02
I have had my Sony DCR-TRV22 for four years now. I have used it at least monthly and in December weekly. For the last three years I have created DVD's with Final Cut Pro/Apple to distribute to family. I use the Firewire feature with my apple to log and capture video. I have a JVC SRDVM600 (Pro MiniDV HDD Deck $1200) but I like capturing video via firewire to my computer directly from the TRV22. It has worked perfectly. The only problem I have ever had is when I took the camera on a cruise in high humidity (only when on deck) it gave a beeping error and would not allow me to record. That was it. The camera still works like new. 5 Stars.
Wow
2007-04-27
This camcorder beats my Dad's more expensive camcorders from Sharp & panasonic. Low light condition is not a problem for this TRV22. no to little noise. sound is very clear. zoom resistance is on the money. tons of manual controls. spot focus is just WOW, no other camcorder has this tech. very well built. compact and feels just right. stylist. cool to look at. overall excellent video captures. Got to have this one.
yes it is a time bomb
2006-11-23
I have use the camcorder lightly for 3 years and it just started goofing up with bad recordings and gray bands across the screen, for no reason. I bought sony for it's reliability, thanks sony.
audio problem
2005-12-29
I have only recorded 3 tapes since I bought it two yeas ago. Now, the sound starts to break off on good half of the tape during the playback. Used the sony cleaning cassette to clean the head according to the user's guide. The problem stays. The worst part is that Sony has the track record to deny the problem on its product even you can find the complains all over the web. Stay away from Sony! It's not the old sony anymore.
It's a Time-Bomb
2005-08-31
Mine lasted 2-1/2 years. Then suddenly one day the screen went black while recording. Then it would work for a while but the colors were distorted, then it would just black out again.
It turns out this is a very common "Black Screen of Death" that is reported all over the internet and affects this model as well as other Sony camcorders. There is a class-action lawsuit regarding the affected Sony models.
Sony of course deny's that there's a problem and wants $289 to fix it. Some who have had it repaired report that the same problem occurs anywhere from 90 days to 1-year after the repair.
Stay away from the Sony camcorders until they fix these problems