Awkward controls; flash gets blocked easily; disappointing video quality; no included or onboard memory
With a dearth of features and middling video quality, the otherwise stylish Sony NSC-GC1 pocket camcorder fails to justify its premium price. It is clearly designed for form more than function ...
Sonys GC-1 does triple duty, taking stills, saving videos and streaming video. But was this jack-of-all-trades a master of none?; camera; compact digital cameras; digital cameras; gadget; gadgetstv; point and shoot digital cameras; Sonys GC-1 does t...
The GC1 is certainly a jack-of-all trades, and manages to pack a lot of standard features from more expensive point-and-shoots into its funky-looking package. It scored well in most of our categories, but the image quality suffers from an extremely l...
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Published: 2007-09-21, Author: Will , review by: cnet.com
Stylish black design; 2.4-inch pivoting LCD screen.
Awkward controls; flash gets blocked easily; disappointing video quality; no included or onboard memory.
With a dearth of features and middling video quality, the otherwise stylish Sony NSC-GC1 pocket camcorder fails to justify its premium price.
Abstract: It’s easy to pass judgment on the Sony NSC-GC1. It’s a low-resolution, extremely inexpensive camcorder built with cheap plastic parts. Sony is hardly breaking new ground. YouTube-friendly cameras and camcorders are being announced left and rig...
Abstract: Sony recently targeted the young YouTube/video-blogger crowd with their $149 (sans memory stick) GC1 Net-Sharing Cam. The GC1 does double-duty as a 5MP camera with flash and a video camcorder capable of capturing 640×480 30fps video in MPEG4 format, re...
Under $300, in-built software, easy to use, 5-megapixel stills
Video quality less than average, controls are slightly too small, boxy design The Final Word While the NSC-GC1 cannot hope to compete with a dedicated camcorder, it provides an affordable introduction to video sharing over the Internet. In other words,...
While the NSC-GC1 cannot hope to compete with a dedicated camcorder, it provides an affordable introduction to video sharing over the Internet. In other words, more ambitious videographers will need to look elsewhere.
