Comments on: Review: Samsung SC-MX20 digital memory camcorder

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:23:01 +0000

You’re not being very specific so the only thing I can do is send you a link to the user manual. The link will be good for the next 7 days or 100 downloads, whichever comes first.

https://download.yousendit.com/ZW9CK2VuTmFuSlJMWEE9PQ

You might have to select the entire link if it appears broken and then paste it into your web browser’s address bar.

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:08:32 +0000

I’ve now owned the MX20 for about 9 months. During this time I’ve bought a non-genuine battery (which did not work as it apparently doesn’t have a special chip which Samsung now requires); I returned that battery to the company from which I purchased it and they refunded my money. I did keep the battery charger I bought from them, however. Over the past number of months I thought the genuine batteries (the original and a replacement genuine Samsung) were going bad. I bought another genuine battery and found the same problem. I thought my camcorder was going bad. However, it turned out the batteries just didn’t like the separate charger I had bought way back in March. After fully charging in the charger, they would either cause the charger to blink in a manner that indicated a bad battery or show fully charged but, in the camcorder, only show a few minutes of charge remaining. Again, it was the non-genuine Samsung item (the charger) that would confuse the batteries (and then confuse the camcorder). I did a few unplugging/plugging of the genuine power adapter and removal/insertion of the genuine batteries. After a few minutes, all three batteries (which included the original that came with the camcorder nine months ago) showed about 180 minutes of power remaining. I ran some tests and, sure enough, the batteries are fine as is the camcorder. Any problems I had were evidently of my own making.

I’ll be contacting the company from whom I bought the external charger and see if I can return it for a credit.

As much as I detest having to buy genuine batteries at $40 a pop, I will admit that even the original is still holding a full charge and is working perfectly.

By: Ram Krishna Koirala

Ram Krishna Koirala — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:27:18 +0000

Hi sir,
i am using this serious of video camera. i have been using this for ten days. but still i dont know ho w to use only camera. please send me the solution through email.
Thanks.

By: shannell

shannell — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:29:12 +0000

thanks helped me make my decision!!!!!

By: toastskate

toastskate — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:43:55 +0000

i do too i NEED a fisheye!!!i cant find the size of the thredding

By: frank johnson

frank johnson — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:43:25 +0000

The cybershot software supplied with thie camcorder is utter dross.
I had allsorts of problems trying to convert files to manipulate & edit on Windows Movie Maker with which I was quite familiar. I ended up giving that up as a bad job & bought a copy of Roxio Creator 2010.
It seems to have more features than my version of movie maker and handles those Mp4 files easy. £48 spent and I’m very happy with the results.

Frank

By: skate505

skate505 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:48:25 +0000

well i have one and i have a fisheye on it and i film? *for skateboarding!

By: Samsung Sc-Mx20 « Mindless Rant!!

Samsung Sc-Mx20 « Mindless Rant!! — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:49:13 +0000

[...] Haven’t had the time to test it properly. Will test it next time, if have the time…christmas maybe. The camcorder is quite small and light. And it comes free with 4GB SDHC. According to my camcorder i have 117 minutes of recording time. It’s small and light. This camcorder is usefull for beginner because you don’t have to change any settings. You can leave the setting to auto, press record and off you go. Here is the review by crunchgear [...]

By: frank johnson

frank johnson — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:00:42 +0000

Thanks a lot for the advice bud. I’m having a go and will let you know how I get on.
Best!!

By: frank johnson

frank johnson — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:41:33 +0000

This is a a really neat compact unit, light easy to use, great battery life…. but I’m seriously frustrated by one thing.
I used to have panasonic mini dv camcorders which were great to use with Windows Movie Maker. Editing & burning was a breeze.
The Cybershot software that comes with this samsung VP-MX20 camcorder is far less user friendly and has only limited features.
For all my efforts at file conversion, I am unable to convert the footage I have taken to a format that Movie Maker will accept. can anyone please help???
Thanks!!!

By: Barry

Barry — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:00:54 +0000

MPEG Streamclip will convert the H264 files into DV. Be sure to enable the checkbox that sets the wide-screen flag. Once exported as DV, your normal editing software should work fine.

By: Frank Johnson

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:23:33 +0000

I have just bought the Samsung VP-MX20/XEU Memory Card Camcorder. For a number of years I’ve used Various Panasonic Mini DV Camcorders for home movies, happily mucked around & edited using Windows Movie Maker….. No Probs!
I’ve yet to work out how to do the same with footage from this unit. The editing software supplied seems vastly inferior & less user friendly than movie maker.
Attempts I’ve made at file conversion & import of files to movie maker simply don’t seem to work. Am I using the wrong file conversion tools?……Can anybody please Help out there???!!!!?

By: Zen

Zen — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:16:57 +0000

Can you use 128GB or 64GB or 1TB SDXC cards

By: Ian Schriver

Ian Schriver — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:40:55 +0000

Convinced. I just bought one 2 hours ago. Very nice easy to use camera. Thanks!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:55:45 +0000

Please help, there seems to be some really knowledgeable people on some of these replies….I bought this camera and recorded about 4 hours of video from my sons football games. In trying to copy it to my PC only 12 files from the 176 copied then it seemed to get stuck. When I looked at the camera it said empty but in looking at the memory card it says it has 164 files left. When I tried to download it again it downloaded the same 12 files. Can anyone help me as to what is going on? I am sick if I lost the vido…..I have windows vista. Thank you….

By: David Murray

David Murray — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:28:49 +0000

I don’t understand why these video reviews never show screen-captures of the video output so we can actually see the menus. And why do they never edit sample videos into the review viedo?

I guess (by watching the sample video) this camera records with interlace – which is a deal breaker for me. INTERLACING SUCKS!

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:57:07 +0000

Sorry; that’s just plain wrong. MPEG Streamclip does just fine with MP4. Perhaps you’re using a PC and have mis-configured your machine so QuickTime is prevented from working? Even without QuickTime installed, however, MPEG Streamclip will take advantage of the “QuickTime Alternative” codec.

In short: MPEG Streamclip is the perfect software for videos from the MX20.

By: Thanks for the Tip

Thanks for the Tip — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:36:49 +0000

This tip saved me big time. Talk about disappointment after initially seeing the video quality from this camera. But this software with one simple export feature restores everything to great (as good as this camera gets) quality.

One additional tip: Check ‘Deinterlace’ and your video will no longer look pixelated and noisy, but much much smoother.

By: DealBot: Samsung SC-MX20 Camcorder Under $150

DealBot: Samsung SC-MX20 Camcorder Under $150 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:17:19 +0000

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CrunchDeals: 16GB Samsung SC-MX20 camcorder for $150 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:03:48 +0000

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