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Picture Image Becomes Blury When Recording

The picture image on My Sony DCR-TRV38 has begun to look like it is melting after several minutes recording. This problem seems to come and go, but is becoming more frequent. This distorted image is on the LCD screen and also ends up on the recorded tape. It looks like a pixelation issue of some kind. The pixels blur and seem to melt together then pop back into focus then melt together again. I have cleaned the heads but it didn't make a difference. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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I had the same problem i just gave the camera a good smack and it was all good. lol

Posted on Jun 14, 2009

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