Does anyone know any camcorders similar to the Flip Video?

Anyone know what causes the horizontal lines on digital video camcorders recordings? Bad tapes?

• If so what brand is the best. I have ben using Sony and Panasonic and have had the most issues with Panasonic. Or then again maybe it is the camera, I don't know. Not many resources here in Big Sky country. Thanks

• Answer:

  For miniDV, it is recommended to not switch brands of tapes between Sony and anyone else. It is believed that Sony tapes use a different lubricant from the rest (most of which are actually made by Panasonic), and if the two kinds of lubricant mix, it can clog up your heads. You should run a cleaning tape briefly every time you switch tape brands. Some people claim that this issue was fixed a long time ago and it doesn't matter anymore, but then again, other people seem to run into this issue even recently. Nobody really knows to what extent it's true.