topic Re: SONY DCR-SR37E in Camcorders

SONY DCR-SR37E

damcdon40 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:35:50 GMT

I have had the above camcorder for a few years now but have always been disappointed by the moving picture quality when transferred to a PC or television. Am I doing something wrong or is it just a poor camcorder? When I bought it I thought being a Sony would guarantee some quality as my previous camcorder was a Sony and the picture quality on it was excellent before it died of old age. Any tips on sorting this problem would be greatly appreciated as I am heading off to Florida in the summer with my family.

Re: SONY DCR-SR37E

Mick2011 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 06:38:07 GMT

Hi there, welcome to the Sony Forums

The camera shoots pretty good quality video for an SD handycam. You might find issues with playback if you go directly to a TV; it's often best to convert it on a PC and burning a DVD.

Can you post the details of the PC you've tried it on, particularly the software you've used to view or edit videos with?

Cheers

Mick

Re: SONY DCR-SR37E

damcdon40 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:53:41 GMT

Many thanks for your prompt reply Mick.

I have an Acer laptop with Windows 8 and use Windows Live Movie Maker when putting on to a disc. The quality is the same as when I watch straight from the TV.

Regards

David

Re: SONY DCR-SR37E

damcdon40 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:04:31 GMT

A further note is I notice the picture size is 720 x 576. Can this be increased? I always record on HQ but the quality as stated is poor when the size of screen is increased.

Re: SONY DCR-SR37E

Mick2011 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:51:11 GMT

As an SD camera, its maximum 480i resolution should look good when replayed in a window with dimensions up to 720x576 pixels. If you playback SD foortage fullscreen on a computer monitor or on an HD television, it won't look so good, basically due to the unassisted enlargement of the video, which (with a modern screen) could easily be as much as four times the recorded dimensions. In essence, if you want to view videos on an HD device, you need an HD handycam

It is possible you camera has a fault of some kind. The quickest way to check image quality would be to compare it with online videos such as those uplodaed to YouTube. If you google your camera model you should find any number of 'test' videos shot by owners of the same camera. Be sure to select '480p' if it's available as a playback setting.

If you're still concerned, you could upload a video to on online service and post a link here. I'd be happy to look at it for you.

Cheers

Mick

Re: SONY DCR-SR37E

damcdon40 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:31:13 GMT

Thanks a lot Mick.

I did what you said regarding Youtube and the quality looks the same as what I get. I think it is probably down to using Windows Movie Maker as I have since tried the software I received with the camcorder and there is a definite improvement.

Once again many thanks for your time and help.

Regards

David

Re: SONY DCR-SR37E

Mick2011 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:41:39 GMT

My pleasure David

Interesting to hear you got better results using the Sony software too. Thanks for your feedback.

Cheers

Mick