Well I purchased a brand new JVC MG330H camcorder today and I’ve got to say that at first, I wasn’t very impressed with it.

I unpacked it, gave it a short charge and then took a few videos in the room and then hooked it up to my Mac. A few days ago, I had ordered another camcorder before finding out it wasn’t compatible with my Macbook, so before ordering the MG330, I was careful to ensure it was fully compatible. I had to purchase and download a plugin from the Apple store so that Quicktime would allow me to play MPEG-2 files, and even then the MG330’s files are actually only MPEG-2 in sort, as their extensions are .MOD.

Following a bit of research, I discovered I could open the files in a freeware program called MPEG Streamclip - great I thought. However, after opening the first video, I realised that the videos had nasty horizontal lines on objects every time the camcorder or an object moved. The image looked grainy and blurry and certainly not what you’d expect from a modern camcorder. Read the rest of this entry »