SONY DCR-TRV480 Digital8 Handycam(R) Camcorder

SONY DCR-TRV480 Digital8 Handycam(R) Camcorder
Manufacturer: Sony
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
So you want to go digital, but you still want to keep all your old video tapes. The versatile DCR-TRV480 allows you to play all of your old 8mm and Hi8 video tapes. For all your video recording needs, the DCR-TRV480 captures digital video on Digital8 media for sharp, high quality recordings, and MPEG Movie EX mode video on standard Memory Stick media for compact MPEG1 movies.Explore all that digital video recording has to offer with high-quality features such as a high resolution CCD imager, 20x optical zoom lens, and Super Nightshot Plus low light recording. The Digital Zoom captures and enhances distant subjects, and the SteadyShot Picture Stabilization system makes recording smoother. The 2.5" LCD Display makes it easy to view and record even from the most difficult angles.

Average customer rating: 2.0

T-Mobile in Los Angeles
Very disappointed with T-Mobile on all levels.
Good phone and good service
Thoughts on Cell Phones and Service
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T-Mobile Get More 600 Nationwide Minute Plan with Unlimited Nights and Weekends

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Product Group: Wireless
Binding: Wireless Plan
ASIN: B000C1G0II

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Medium Use: 500 to 1499 min

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<big><b>T-Mobile Get More</b></big>
Make calls anytime and talk whenever it's convenient for you. Get 600 Whenever Minutes, unlimited nights and weekends, free roaming, and no long distance charges across America so you can talk anytime on your terms. All T-Mobile national voice plans include: <ul>

No nationwide long-distance or roaming charges

Nationwide Whenever Minutes -- you can use your minutes from coast to coast

A low rate for additional minutes </ul> <b>This plan features:</b>

<table width="350" align=left bgcolor="#666666" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" border="0"> <tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <td width="200"> Whenever minutes</td> <td width="200"> 600 per month</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td> Weekend minutes</td> <td> Unlimited</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <td> Weeknight minutes</td> <td> Unlimited</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td> Mobile to mobile minutes</td> <td> None</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <td> Shared minutes</td> <td> None</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td> Additional minutes</td> <td> $.40 per minute</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <td> Data transfer</td> <td> None</td> </tr> </table> <br clear="all">

<b>Included Services:</b> <ul>

Call Waiting

Caller ID

Conference Calling

Detailed Billing

Customer Care

Directory Assistance (per-use fee)

Emergency Calls

VoiceMail with Message Alert </ul> Use T-Mobile's interactive coverage map to find out where your phone will get the best reception.

Customer Reviews:

T-Mobile in Los Angeles.......2007-06-07

You'll wish you hadn't gone with T-Mobile if you live in Los Angeles.. then again, I travel the country and T-Mobile has provided substandard access no matter where I am. Dropped calls are a major problem with this company and there are so many dead areas where the service just drops off between cell towers. You'll be screaming in frustration, while your friend who has a different carrier will be talking away without incident.
The first time you lose an important call and you cannot reconnect, you wish you had gone with a different provider. Just a warning.

Very disappointed with T-Mobile on all levels........2007-03-26

I first switched to T-Mobile because I heard so many good things about them, especially their customer service. Allow me to dispell the myth. Their customer service is average at the best of times and down-right rude at their worst. All though they have at times performed well on common inquiries, the moment you throw something at them they aren't ready for they get VERY defensive and extremely hard-headed.

A perfect example of this (and I have had more than one bad experience)was when my daughter mistakenly thought her battery had died when in fact it was a problem with the actual phone unit. She call CS and was talked into ordering a battery direct from T-Mobile. After 15 minutes, and a talk with me, she called back to cancel only to be told that she could not cancel the order, that it had already shipped. By-the-way, this was approx 9 pm on a Saturday. Not a flipping chance it had already shipped. After many phone calls that night, and even though it is illegal to not allow a customer to cancel a sale, they refused and shipped the battery on Monday. I know they shipped it on Monday because I checked the tracking number. We, of course, shipped it back at their expense and to their credit they did refund within a reasonable amount of time. Hense the "2" rating instead of a "1".

One other issue with T-mobile is the service area. Turns out I live in a small dead-zone in Orange County California. I can live with that because I really do not use the cell at home. But on a train trip to Oregon we hit SO many dead areas it wasn't funny. At one spot, where the train was stuck waiting for a freight train to pass I had no service but was able to borrow a fellow passenger's Cingular cell, which was getting 4 bars. I was always under the impression that Cingular and T-Mobile shared the same cells but obviously not in Oregon.

So, when my term is up you can bet I'm switching away from T-Mobile. Their rates aren't bad but to me it's just not worth the hassle.

Good phone and good service.......2006-09-02

I am happy with both the phone and the service but I don;t think the promotion was straightforward. I was lead to believe by the promotion that the contract was for 6 months not 2 years. Also, there was supposed to be a rebate of $50 for the phone but no paperwork to get the rebate came with the shipment.

Thoughts on Cell Phones and Service.......2006-06-12

- I haven't had any major issues with phone coverage in Los Angeles, it has gotten better in fact and areas where the signal was low before, it is better now.
- I bought my phone with several [...], and the one complaint I did have was that the seller (not TMobile) didn't honor the [...], which made me mad, but I don't hold that against TMobile.
- Customer service has been easy to talk to, and I haven't ever had any problems getting through to them.
- THIS IS IMPORTANT - You have a few days after you recieve your phone and new service plan to cancel if everything isn't exactly what the company says it is on the contract. Even through it looks like garbage, READ THE CONTRACT. Everything is spelled out exactly as it's going to be, and you can cancel right away if something is different than what you were promised. I did this with another plan and phone (not Tmobile) after the off-peak hours were different than what was promised. I can't emphasis this enough...protect yourself, and don't get stuck with fees you don't want to pay. Good luck!

Stay Away From T-Mobile.......2006-05-11

A have recently filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau against T-Mobile. My story (real quick): I have a sidekick 2 with insurance on my phone. One day I started having problems with the phone. It just stopped making calls. I soon started to get an error message on the phone saying there was hardware problems and I needed to take it in. There was no physical damage to the phone. When I called T-mobile they informed me that there would be a free replacement since I did no damage to the phone and the phone was insured. I sent the phone back and 1 month later they had charged me for the phone. I called in to ask them why there was a charge and they tried to tell me the screen was cracked in half. Imagine my outrage. Countless phone calls to customer service and their management got me no where with the company. One of them even accused me of lying. As soon as I have the money to pay off my contract I am getting out of T-Mobile.

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