Should I buy a hard-drive camcorder or a dvd one, does it make sense to spend more $$?
Your choices for a camcorder are greater than just a Hard Drive or DVD. They include Hard Drive, DVD, SD or MiniDV (tape). Which you choose depends on your intended use. A MiniDV camcorder, records at a higher quality picture (less compression) than a Hard Drive, SD or DVD camcorder. This is particularly important if you ever want to edit the video on your computer. You can edit the video from the other types, but because they record in MPEG2 or sometimes MPEG4, the finished result will have more compression artifacts and rendering will take longer. The average user will probably not notice the difference in quality. With a MiniDV camcorder, in order to get your video into your computer you have to “capture†the video in real-time, i.e. an hour of video will take an hour to ingest into the computer for editing. A Hard Drive, DVD or SD camcorder records files that can be copied to your computer in seconds. Because a MiniDV tape holds one hour you have to stop and change tapes e
Your choices for a camcorder are greater than just a Hard Drive or DVD. They include Hard Drive, DVD, SD or MiniDV (tape). Which you choose depends on your intended use. A MiniDV camcorder, records at a higher quality picture (less compression) than a Hard Drive, SD or DVD camcorder. This is particularly important if you ever want to edit the video on your computer. You can edit the video from the other types, but because they record in MPEG2 or sometimes MPEG4, the finished result will have more compression artifacts and rendering will take longer. The average user will probably not notice the difference in quality. With a MiniDV camcorder, in order to get your video into your computer you have to “capture” the video in real-time, i.e. an hour of video will take an hour to ingest into the computer for editing. A Hard Drive, DVD or SD camcorder records files that can be copied to your computer in seconds. Because a MiniDV tape holds one hour you have to stop and change tapes each hour
