Panasonic PV-GS300 I have a panasonic digital mini-dv camcorder that cost about 400. It is not even a year old. I dropped it but it works except for the the LCD screen which has a crack and is only showing a white light. Instead of sending to a repair shop (which will cost me about 200.) is not better for me to try to replace the lcd screen myself? The part does not cost more then 70. How hard is it to merely take off the old broken lcd screen and replace withanother. Is it plug and play or does it require more complicated electronic work?

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Sony DVC Cleaning Tape Discontinued by Manufacturer

The problems you list are common and very repairable and can usually be repaired fairly inexpensively. However, they are not user serviceable problem and will need to be repaired by a qualified service technician.

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Okay, it is a pain in the neck, but it will allow you to get your videos off of the GS300 and into a usable .avi format...

If you go to the Panasonic Website, it will give you an option to download two video editing programs. Movie Studio and SweetMovieLife. Download SWEETMOVIELIFE, the other program is very limiting, but SweeMovieLife will capture the video and save it as an .avi file and you can then movie it into a better editing program such as Camtasia or Microsoft Movie Maker. It adds a few extra steps to the process, but will at least allow you to use the GS300 in the Windows 7 Environment until Microsoft wakes up and comes up with a fix for this extremely annoying issue!!! Hope this helps! :)

P.S. If you try to use MovieStudio, it saves the file as an .hap file and does not give you another option. None of my "real" video editing programs recognize that extension. Personally, I think the program was pretty useless.

Do you mean tape only?If no salty sea water you can use it...if salt no resalt...;)

you can use video converter for mac,
http://www.importavitoimovie.com

You really need a panasonic camcorder or need a new camcorder that can read your mini dv tape. good luck

try to send it to the company

The equalent model NV-GS500

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