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A guide to your new camcorder
First thing first, the type of camcorder is the first thing you have to decide on. It is like like buying a car, do I get a coupe, sedan, 4WD or roadster? The different camcorder types/formats are purpose built.
| Mini DV: Still the standard by which others are judged. By far, the most selection and most common format.
DVD: Popular because of the compatibility with most modern home DVD players and convenience of use.
Convenient 'in camera' editing.
HDD: Durable and spacious disc drives really only became available recently. Always storing digital images, they use compression schemes to store huge amounts of video data. That data has to be offloaded to another drive or DVD before the camcorder can be re-used.
Generally, HDD camcorders record MPEG-2 encoded video.
Flash Memory: Using either, built-in memory or replaceable memory cards, records images, usually in the MPEG-4 format. As it's still a relatively new medium, the disadvantage is the visual information needs to be offloaded to a hard drive or tape frequently for back-up purposes.
HDV: The newest most promising high definition consumer format. This format records in either 720p or 1080i and provides the clearest, sharpest image. It records onto standard Mini DV tapes and the other formats. Many HDV camcorders are backwards compatible with standard definition recordings.
AVCHD: An acronym for "Advanced Video Codec High Definition." Not so much a format as a new codec (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, to be precise). AVCHD will be able to record onto 8cm DVDs, flash memory and Sony's own Memory Sticks. continue here Follow the camcorder sales steps to find the camcorder which is right for you. The right camera
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