I am planning to buy a camcorder. I am confused about the recording media. Hard disk, DVD, or DV tape? What do you recommand? Thanks.
2006-07-01 07:31:15 · 6 answers · asked by Jimmy 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Camcorders
DVD has the abiliity to be replayed on a computer or dvd player directly,. The drawback is that in normal speed you will get 30 min of record time or 60 on a double sided dvd. Be sure to finalize your DVD on the camcorder before veiwing it on a DVD player. Most new DVD players play -RW and + RW and +- Ram
A mini dv tape is more difficult to copy to dvd . Some camcorders use streaming dgital video and others have firewire or av cables. The easiest way is to connect to a stand alone dvd burner -otherwise a computer and deal with software to copy to the burner- some burners sell for about 200 USDollars some more .
Then mini dv tape can be purchased as 60 min or 80 min tapes. If the camcorder has a long play function this can be doubled in record time as the expense for quality video.
you can still view the tape on a TV or monitor
A hard drive has 20 giga byte or 30 giga byte capacity for various play modes with fine at 7 hours to about 15 hours for a 30 gig. Toshiba JVC and Sony have hard drives. these are usually starting around $600-900 USd. They are very fast to make DVD copies
Another method is memory card ie SD card -Sanyo has one . Low quality video but about 1 hour on a 1 gigbyte card.
Another is a compact flash 4 gb drive card JVC has one.
Your best color and sharpness is going to be on a 3 ccd mini dv$about$ 500-1k usd
Panasonic 250 300 and 500 models I believe.
More features to look for are night vision and photo still feature. Not all need bright lights or IR lights but you have to decide if it is worth while - especially if you already have a digital camera why spend the extra money on photo.
A extra battery is always a good idea if you are shooting for more than one hour and a half and it is a vacation or wedding . Buy the battery upgrade and use it as the primary then use the smaller battery as back up.
Bundle packs are available including a case better upgrade and dvd's or tape
Hope this helps gl
2006-07-01 07:58:28 · answer #1 · answered by john f 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DV tape is the oldest and most popular technology... but like DVD, it requires purchasing new media. Although it's practically brand new, HDD recording is the cheapest in the long run.
2006-07-01 07:40:11 · answer #2 · answered by sanjeev_the_cool 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in my opinion, the hard disk is better, if u get a hard disk that is large enough that should be good.
concerning the other 2 types, u'll have to buy CD's and tapes whenever u run out of film.
i my self am looking for a hard disk camcorder that will fit my needs, wish me luck :)
2006-07-02 03:07:19 · answer #3 · answered by RoobZ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-01 01:25:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
MiniDV is very poplular. Besides, physicists now tell us that CD and DVD recorded media don't last as long as magnetic tapes (which are what MiniDV tapes are).
2006-07-01 13:33:32 · answer #5 · answered by The Disciple 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mini DV to be more specific is the best use and quality for you.
2006-07-01 17:43:01 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋