The world now seems to be awash with cheap miniature camcorders that capture video to memory cards, but most of these create Motion JPEG or MPEG-2 files - not great for small memory cards...When it comes to capturing video, you're only given a choice between three settings: fine, normal and economic...Despite the DV4000 using MPEG-4 compression,the results aren't much better than those of its competitors,...

The data is captured onto a 2 mega pixel CMOS sensor and the camera offers a 4x digital zoom to give you the impression of some zoom capabilities although the quality of the video footage went down hill considerably when we used it...The best thing about this product is the price and it will allow you relive those American Beauty plastic bag moments for under £100...

The Mustek DV4000 is a low-cost digital video camera aimed at those who want to take their first steps into digital photography...Despite its extensive list of features, the DV4000 stumbles in many areas...Movie clips are blurred and the camera finds it difficult to adjust to different light conditions, and movies look like they were taken with a mobile phone rather than a dedicated digital...

The MP3 repro isn't bad, and probably comparable with cheaper players, but not wonderful, and the voice recorder is more of a toy than anything else...All that said, overall, I thought it was well worth the money, and have been very happy with it, for it's portability and multi functions...Considering that most digital video cameras will cost you at least 2.5 to 5 times as much, this isn't a bad investment...

Small, nice design, does many things Video quality is good but still mainly for e-mail Now that 35mm cameras are being replaced by their digital counterparts it's only a matter of time before the videocassette goes the way of the dinosaur...However, also like the other reviews, there are some really good qualities to...The one thing that I dislike is that the light on the front for illumination is...