Digital Technology for Digital Living.
September 09, 2004
Vivitar DVR-390H
Vivitar are releasing their DVR390H onto the Australian market with the help of Ricoh, according to Smarthouse.
It features video and audio playback, a 3.6″ LCD display and 3.1 megapixel digital still/video camera attachment with a built in flash. It will also display your stored photos in a pseudo photo album, cycling through them to act as a (rather small) picture frame. All the data is stored on a 20 GB HDD and you can transfer stuff to and from your PC or Mac using USB (no word on 2.0 or 1.1, so expect the latter until we hear otherwise). The battery is expected to last around 4 hours solid of MPEG4 video, so you can watch a couple of movies, but try not to wander too far from power.
Here at Gadget Lounge we’ve got iPods, and can’t really see the point of converging so many devices into one (hefty) piece of kit. But, there’s bound to be some people that will find them useful, and having more choice on the market can’t be a bad thing, surely.
Be ready to hand over AUS$999 later this month if you want to be among the first on your block with one.
Ben | Comments (60) | Digital Camera, Music, PVR, Portable, Videogadgets,gadget,gadgets shop, latest gadgets, new gadgets
I purchased a 390H from Ebay. So far I am very happy with it with one exception…it did not come with the battery and I can not find any information on which battery I need. If anyone has a battery number or model number that I can use to find one, it would be greatly appreciated.
Hi
I got one of these bought for my birthday so far only thing is the battery life not very happy with but it does its job camera good video good.
Mark Pearson – the DVR-390 will not charge when its switched on. Has anyone managed to convert files to asf and get them to play? I have tried the software suppied (Winvideo) it converts to asf but the 390 wont recognise it at all. Thanks Bill
not to bad i think i will wait for a better one to come along stick with made in japen items and all will be ok .regards
thats japan ,sorry john
battery number for this device is p/n: 02491-0019-00
its a lithium ion battery pack, 3.7v 1850mAh
Hope that is of some help.
Regarding the cry for instructions above, did you have any luck as I have a unit with no instructions and am having trouble working it all out!
Cheers
Anyone using the 390H with a Mac? I only just got mine – attracted by the 20GB to store and show my photos/videos etc. but my Mac doesn’t recognise it. Works fine on Windows XP
Hi, I purchased this unit (20 Gig vivitar dvr-390h) off the TradeMe site New Zealand. The unit was minus the camera module. Any suggestions on where I may be able to purchase one. Thanks
Bought a Vivitar DVR-390H for my husband but can’t get it to charge. I even bought a new battery to try but the blue Led light does not stay on when I switch it off as it states on instuctions.
Can anyone help
Im having the same problem as Jackie, my Vivitar DVR-390 is a few years old so I’m thinking its the battery, but I according to Jackie that is not the case.
any ideas ??