JVC Everio - Love it / hate it

[IamDavid]

I absolutely love my Everio. Simple to use. Good quality (not great). Less than $300 brand new. Everyone falls in love with it when they use it, bought a few for friends and family..
Now for the bad part.. WTF was JVC thinking when deciding on the software. The Power Director that comes with it is HORRIBLE. I can't find any other software that works without having to convert the files 1st which is to difficult for me to teach everyone I bought the camera for..

So does anyone have any idea's on a better software suite? Besides switching to a Mac. Heard it works great.

Thanks,
David

 

[potato28]

The best software suite I can find for these camcorders is the Adobe Premiere Elements, works quite well and is easy to use. I'm sure there are beter programs out there... maybe Sony Vegas or FCP for the Mac?

 

[SolMiester]

Hi, I just got one of these last Friday, and yes I love it, damn the manual is complicated....Havent installed the PC software yet.... One of the reason I bought this one was the fact it was allegedly bundled with decent editing software, is it really that bad?