DISCOUNT DIGITAL CAMCORDERS
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DVD Digital Camcorders
Popular format works by using DVD-RW and DVD-R discs that work with most ordinary DVD players and allow for actual recording of images to the DVD disk. A great feature of this recording format is the ability to edit in-camera and with repeated playbacks the disk doesn’t degrade. The DVD format provides very high quality images.
MiniDV Digital Camcorders- Very popular and store recorded data to MiniDV cassettes. The video and sound quality is exceptionally good.
HDD Camcorders - Hard Disk Drive camcorders are compact and record in MPEG-2 video as well as other encoded formats and recorded data is stored to an internal hard disk. The upside of this format is the ability to store huge amounts of video data by using compression. The video is saved to the internal hard disc within the camcorder and then downloaded to a computer and burnt onto to a DVD, also, the HDD camcorder has no moving parts and so there is less chance of mechanical breakdown.
Micro MV Camcorders - MicroMV camcorders use tapes that are much smaller than MiniDV tapes and also use more of compression technology and records very high quality video as well as possess the capability of full digital editing.
Flash Media Camcorders - Records images to an internal Flash drive and Flash Memory cards. Flash Memory cards include: SD, Compact Flash, Memory Stick and Memory Stick Duo
HDV Camcorders - High Definition Video camcorders usually utilize MiniDV tapes or Hard Disk Drives which yield a full 1920x1080 resolution. This resolution provides a superb high-def video picture quality, which looks great on a high definition television. Laptop or desktop required for editing.
Digital 8 Camcorders - This format records digital video to Hi-8 videotapes. Digital8 equipment uses the same videocassettes as analog Hi8 equipment, but differs in that the audio/video signal is encoded digitally. Picture quality is fairly good and this format allows playback of analog videotapes recorded on Hi-8 camcorders.
VHS Camcorders:
These types of camcorders record digital video to VHS videotapes. Picture quality is okay and this format allows playback of analog videotapes.
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