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Best Tapeless Camcorder?

Camcorder help?

  • I am going to Hawaii in Feb and I am going to by a camcorder to record it. The problem is I know nothing about what to but I have heard of DVD, Hi 8 mm, mini dvd , and tapeless... ?????? I travel alot with my husband, we live in and out of hotels so I cannot buy a camcorder will all the fancy equipment needed to copy and view etc. I need something I can record with and view in one easy step. I need help in sorting through the electronic mess. Please help !

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    Hard drive takes the most recording time, but you have to off load it to a computer, VCR or DVD burner to get it out of the camera. DVD only record for 20 minutes DV-C and Digital Handicam 60 minutes on tape Handicams are larger in size and weigh more, because the tape is larger in size. The only advantage is if you previously had a Hi8 or 8mm camera, you can reuse the tapes or play them back in some units. DV-C are smaller and lighter. They won't take good still pictures however.

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I recommend you consider a MiniDV camcorder. Its tape based and digital, but the tapes are small. You can easily playback and record over stuff you don't want to keep. And its easy to hook up to a hotel room TV to watch. Most TV's in hotels these days have video ports on the front of the TV. Of all the formats MiniDV is the easiest to use because we all still think in terms of tape. I can't help but notice that all the pro's still use tape - digital - but its still tape. Its the simplest format and its reusable.

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