DXG USA DXG-535VK HD Riviera 720p High-Definition Camcorder Luxe Collection, Black (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

For the price you really can't beat this little camcorder. It doesn't come with a way to run it on AC power with a power adapter which would be nice and you'll need to keep extra AA batteries on hand as they tend to run down pretty quickly if recording video. On the upside it produces a pretty good quality video.

This camera looks beautiful. I am totally in love with it. It is very stylish and looks amazing. The problems are though that I can't find SD cards big enough to record a great amount of video and the zoom in only goes to 3X. If you are looking for a good recording camera I don't think you should be looking in this direction but if you are looking for something of a fair quality, low price and great style you got your video camera

THE 'HD' PART OF AVERTISING IS A JOKE!YOU'LL GET THE SAME VIDEO QUALITY OR BETTER FROM A CHEAP WEBCAM.IT DOESN'T COME WITH A MEMORY CARD EITHER WHICH REALLY SUCKS !SO YOU MIGHT GET ABOUT 1 MINUTE OF JUST ONE VIDEO CLIP.THIS IS MORE LIKE A KID'S CAMCORDER.BUT EVEN SANTA CLAUS WOULD NEVER BRING THIS DAMN THING !SAVE UP YOUR MONEY AND BUY A BETTER CAMERA.

My son saved and saved for this, and when we got it we realized it's not compatible with Mac :-(

Do you like pretending to be super rich?!!Who doesn't!!!Buy this luxurious looking camcorder that shoots in HD!!!!It is cheap but does not look cheap!!Make heads turn!Make others jealous!Do yourself a favor and purchase this exciting camcorder!!

The camcorder is very pretty and do the job very well. Thank you.

Recently had received a DXG 533V camera as a Xmas gift from a family member. It's a HD model sold via the Shopping Channel and pretty much the same unit as the 535 and 580 models.First impression out of the box was cheap plasticy and gimmicky. Controls were the first source of utter frustration, just trying find out how to turn the damn thing on or start recording was a pain in the ass. Nothing was intuitive or clearly marked. Swear to God someone in China who never had used a camera in their life must have been given the task for the design of this thing.I could give a dozen things but here's just a couple .There's a tiny little scroll type wheel that you have to ever so carefully try and use to scroll with your thumb for a whole variety of functions being extremely carefully not to at the same time be pressing it to hard while trying to scroll otherwise you will inadvertently be making a selection of something you don't want to select. And yes within a day of using it this happened while simply trying to delete one vid all our vids got deleted with no "Are you sure you want to delete all files?" option being givin as a safe guard.In addition the recording quality was pitiful with numerous vids having sound and picture out of sync and audio recording of musical instruments sounding wobbly in places etc.In addition there's no way to use the camera as a HD webcam or as a direct feed Movie Maker type software as most other cameras do now which was a major drawback.Then when we couldn't find the CD driver that came with it we went to the website to try and download it only to find no listing for this model at all. Called today and tried to get an answer why there was no listing and got some very rude tech support guy that basically gave no apology for the frustration and hassle I had to go through in not finding it on their site and just dismissed the issue by saying well you don't need it to download vids to my computer anyway. (Well my computer running Vista actually does not recognize this camera when plugged in and doesn't find the drivers.) I tried to explain that my original question was how do I get the download of the proper drivers that came with the camera he starting pulling some A Hole power trip on me claiming I interrupted him etc. and just got belligerent with me. I told him where to stick it and hung up.Only reason hadn't immediately returned it was it was a gift and didn't want to offend a family member by telling them what a frustration the whole camera had been.So my advice, stay clear of all that this company has to offer.Cheers

Recently I mentioned to my wife that we should get an inexpensive camcorder to replace our old, never used VHSc camcorder. Well, she found the DXG-535V and ordered one. When it arrived I opened the package and saw right away that I was not going to be using this camcorder. She ordered the black camcorder, but it has rhinestones on the side! Since I take most of the pictures and videos in the family, I informed her that if we kept this unit, that task would now fall to her. I was not going to use this "girly" camcorder. I swear that this unit was designed for the teenage girl market!!Regardless of my initial impression, I found that the camcorder is not very well made. It takes four AAA batteries, which cannot last very long, but worse yet, the batteries are locked in place using a hinged plastic door with two very small plastic clips. I previously had a Minolta camera with a similar design and the clips broke off after three battery replacements, and I really doubt that these will last much longer. In addition, getting the door to close evenly, and securely, took quite a bit of effort.I also found that my hands were just way too large to work with this camcorder. Rotating the buttons, adjusting the zoom, pressing record, etc proved to be very awkward. Again, I think the target customer was teenage girls, not guys with large fingers and hands.As far as the movies and pictures go....think throwaway digital camera. The pictures were not very clear and the movies were rather "flat" looking, there was no depth to the movies. Overall, this camcorder seemed more like a toy, than a real camcorder.