Digital Camcorder?

[Tiffany]

Hi,

For those of you that have or are knowledgable about digital camcorders I have a question.

What is the differance between MninDV and MiniDVD? I am thinking of buying a digital camcorder and I also want it to have a good digital still feature. The Sony DCR-DVD403 seems great but it is about $1K.

Any reconmendations on a good digital camcorder that will not break the bank?

 

[jfulcer]

A miniDV camcorder records on DV tapes, you can fit 60-90 minutes on each tape.

A miniDVD is basicly a DVD but on a CD-R(W) instead of a DVD disc. miniDVD is also sometimes called cDVD. A miniDVD does only fit about 15 minutes video on a 650 MB CD-R(W). MiniDVD can also refer to recording on a DVD-RW, most likely the small ones.

I've got a MiniDV and I love it. GReat quality.

I'm sure you can find a decent miniDV under $500. Did you check bestbuy.com?

 

[wdwmom2]

I have a miniDV and love it. Great quality and easy to use. Do you have a Circuit City near you??? Great place to check them out at.

This is the one I have
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Pana...sem/rpsm/oid/117167/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

 

[Tiffany]

A miniDV camcorder records on DV tapes, you can fit 60-90 minutes on each tape.

A miniDVD is basicly a DVD but on a CD-R(W) instead of a DVD disc. miniDVD is also sometimes called cDVD. A miniDVD does only fit about 15 minutes video on a 650 MB CD-R(W). MiniDVD can also refer to recording on a DVD-RW, most likely the small ones.

I've got a MiniDV and I love it. GReat quality.

I'm sure you can find a decent miniDV under $500. Did you check bestbuy.com?

So if you are recording on tapes how do you play the footage on a tv if you only have a DVD player? If you plug the camcorder into the DVD player will it just play?

 

[Tiffany]

I have a miniDV and love it. Great quality and easy to use. Do you have a Circuit City near you??? Great place to check them out at.

This is the one I have
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Pana...sem/rpsm/oid/117167/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

We do have a Circuit City. I guess I am confused about recording on tapes as opossed to an actual DVD.

 

[MICKEY88]

We do have a Circuit City. I guess I am confused about recording on tapes as opossed to an actual DVD.

recording on tape gives you 2 options, you can connect your camcorder to the tv and use it just like a vcr to play back the tape, or with the right software and cables you can connect the camcorder to your computer, capture the video and burn it to a dvd, I use the second option, that way I can re-use the tapes and my video is now on a convenient dvd,,,

with the right software you can get creative and edit the video adding music, captions and such...

as far as getting a camcorder that does a good still picture, the digital photo will be OK,,,I have yet to see a camcorder that does still photos as good as a good digital camera will,,just as digital cameras do acceptable video, but not as good as a digital camcorder..

 

[Tiffany]

recording on tape gives you 2 options, you can connect your camcorder to the tv and use it just like a vcr to play back the tape, or with the right software and cables you can connect the camcorder to your computer, capture the video and burn it to a dvd, I use the second option, that way I can re-use the tapes and my video is now on a convenient dvd,,,

with the right software you can get creative and edit the video adding music, captions and such...

as far as getting a camcorder that does a good still picture, the digital photo will be OK,,,I have yet to see a camcorder that does still photos as good as a good digital camera will,,just as digital cameras do acceptable video, but not as good as a digital camcorder..

Thanks for the details that makes more sense.

 

[jfulcer]

recording on tape gives you 2 options, you can connect your camcorder to the tv and use it just like a vcr to play back the tape, or with the right software and cables you can connect the camcorder to your computer, capture the video and burn it to a dvd, I use the second option, that way I can re-use the tapes and my video is now on a convenient dvd,,,

with the right software you can get creative and edit the video adding music, captions and such...

as far as getting a camcorder that does a good still picture, the digital photo will be OK,,,I have yet to see a camcorder that does still photos as good as a good digital camera will,,just as digital cameras do acceptable video, but not as good as a digital camcorder..

Yeah, what he said.

I capture video onto my compuer all the time off my MiniDV tapes and it's great! I concur that you shouldn't buy a video camera for the still images it takes. That you should get a digital still camera for.

 

[Tiffany]

Yeah, what he said.

I capture video onto my compuer all the time off my MiniDV tapes and it's great! I concur that you shouldn't buy a video camera for the still images it takes. That you should get a digital still camera for.

Okay. I just did not want to carry both.