Panasonic Palmcorder® VDR-M30 DVD Camcorder

Pros: Video quality, ease of use, onboard video editing, burn to DVD capability
Cons: Video editing software, still quality.

If you trust what the previous reviewer has said then Panasonic should take note. However, my experience of the same camera during my last 2 months use has been very different. I bought the VDR-M30 as the first Video Recorder I have owned. I have used ...

Pros: They probably don't make it anymore. That's the "Pro."
Cons: Bundled software sucks. Tech support sucks. DVD-RAM media sucks.

I bought mine 10/9/2003. I'm selling it on EBay tomorrow (12/19/2005). 1) Panasonic tech support is appallingly bad: they hide the phone number, then require you to input tons of stuff just to talk to a person, then the person may not even know how to ...

Pros: Great Picture quality DVD-R plays on MOST dvd players Light weight GREAT MEDIUM
Cons: Software is buggy. Wizard doesnt help, you should install ALL programs on the cd.

This is a Beautiful looking camcorder that matches its beauty with brains. The image quality on Fine ...

Pros: DVD feature make it a potential winning format for all future camcorders
Cons: The worst technical support and website support I've encountered from a large company.

While the camera is fairly decent in operation, BE WARNED that
Panasonic DOES NOT SUPPORT this camera! If you lose the driver software, the camera is rendered useless and Panasonic CAN NOT SUPPLY a replacement disk nor downloads for it.
I would recommend that you consider another company that will support it's expensive products.