dvd camcorders

Discussion in 'Digital camcorders' started by hoghead, Mar 28, 2006.

  1. hoghead

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    So whats the best dvd camcorder to buy and where to buy it and is it easy to use?
     
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    I have a Sony DCR-DVD92 that i got from Wallyworld and i love it. It ran about $500+, but very much worth it. Make sure you get at least one mini dvd-rw. I use dvd shrink to get images off the mini dvd then use dvd decrypter to burn to a full size dvd. Very easy to use!
     
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    I just got the same camera, and Im looking for deals on mini dvd+RW's...can you steer me in a direction?
    Thanks,
    jpcm
     
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    I'n not for sure mini dvd+rw's are made. The camcorder you have will only write to dvd-r. Goto wallyworld and pick you up a few. Your dvd burner should have no problem reading it.
     
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    Jvc has a camcorder that has a hard drive rather than media. It also records in mpeg2 format. That way it is already dvd compliant and rather that capturing to a hard drive you are just transfering a file from one hard disk to another.
     
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    hmmm, my bad. I only thought it wrote to dvd-r/rw. Sorry bout that.
    Thanks jpcm.
     
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    @club32
    That will be the next generation in camcorders, and will be my NEXT purchase (when the price has come down a bit). Thanks
     
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    Ya I agree with that. The price is way to much but I hope they all go that way. Same as digi cameras.
     
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    Actually, I just bought a 10pack of RW mini's at Best Buy (in Mpls) for 19.99. They usually sell for 24.99, but these were "open box" items. The downside is that they are Memorex (the worst media possible), but maybe their mini's arent so bad. We'll see.
     

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