First I want to say that I think it is great of those of you who take the time to reply to the cries for help in this forum. I don't know where to go for help so I went to HHgregg and this wonderful salesman I thought fell out of the sky because he took a lot of time with me to teach me a few things as I know NOTHING. He told me the disadvantage of the DVD over the HDD (? not sure how to write it but you will know what I mean when I am done) He said the when you are transferring your info from the camcorder to a DVD and you have the slightest error, with the DV camcorder you will LOSE ALL OF YOUR RECORDED MATERIAL. With the HDD you will not lose it. Why that is I don't know but does anyone know if that is true? The HDD are very expensive but his story caused me to immediately eliminate the DVD camcorder for fear of losing anything I took the time to record. I have little ones and it is bad enough I do not have a decent camcorder right now I don't want to buy one and lose the information. Also, I do not want it to be a hassel to transfer the info unto a DVD or whatever you transfer it to. I don't think i would save it on the hard drive of my computer that would take too much space I would think and I want to beable to put say a DVD away until i want to view it. I know so little I don't even know the questions to ask but basically I need a new camcorder. Was looking at the New Canon HG10 AVCHD 40GB HDD High Definition Camcorder but these more expensive ones only have 10x the optical zoom. Whats up with that. My use for the camcorder is to video tape my children at Christmas, birthdays, concerts, sled riding but mostly indoor times so the lighting is important. I read the post about the Sony handycam so I will keep that in mind. Will want to record some outdoor sports summer 2008 of the kids and hope it will zoom a little better. Please help. thank you in advance
I would suggest a couple of places to look. 1) Consumer reports. Go to the library and look. I think it was the July issue of this (2007) year that reviewed camcorders. It gives some information and breaks them down into categories. I always check with consumer reports before I buy big items. 2) http://www.camcorderinfo.com/ It gives a LOT of information on the camcorders they review. Often the prices are not correct, so check on the net for more accurate pricing.
We JUUUST ordered the HV20. It was both the camcorder of the year by the info web site and a quick buy for consumer reports. It is $700+, but a really nice one.
The problem with DVD camcorders (from what I read/remember) is that they are not easy to edit. If you want to pull the dvd out and immediately play it, fine. But it is very difficult to put onto your computer and edit it. You ahve to change the format, etc...
As for the hard drives... I hadn't heard about you looisng everything if you mess up. But the two sources I listed might give information about that.
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