Can Anyone Reccom. A Camcorder Thats Dvd Recordable

bubbles_2

Looking to buy one for x-mas that records straight to dvd but i dont know where to start.. has anyone got one that they would recommend me purchasing? x

serene_2

Well I cannot and will not recommend a specific camcorder but what I do think is very important is that when you buy a DVD camcorder is to check that it does have a DV output. I bought a Sony DCR-DVD91E camcorder in the beginning of this year and it works great. You can watch your homemade movies quickly then on DVD. The problems comes in when you want to start mixing and editing your movies on a computer. I cannot do that yet because my camcorder does not have a DV output that can download the videos to my computer. And I bought an apple mac mini with all the software on it to edit movies and now i cannot use it. It is now going to be a someday project where everything has to be done by linux hacking.

I CAN STILL KICK MYSELF FOR NOT CHECKING FOR A DV OUTPUT!!!

Sheel

I've got the SonyDCR-DVD201E (not available anymore I understand) and I love it

You can download to your pc with mine and I guess an equivalent model would be the DCR-DVD202E or maybe the DCR-DVD203E

medw1974

I'm probably missing something here but can't you just copy the dvd onto the PC to do your editing by putting the disc into your PC's dvd drive?

Michael

deanos

I wouldnt touch a DVD camcorder the quality is alot lower than a Mini DV one as it has to be compressed alot and you only get 30 mins per DVD, also editing it very dificult as well due to the way its recorded, and the blank disks are expensive.

I would look into it a bit further if i was you before comitting yourself

Sheel

I've had a mini dv camcorder as well and I can't say i've noticed any difference in quality

As to the disks , i'm using dvd-rw so i could download to the pc and then re-use the disk again and again if I wanted to

deanos

Im not an expert but did look into getting one myself and various places mentioned what i said above and put me off,

Sheel

I'm no expert , but having had a mini dv as well , it seems just as good to me and to husband as well

It's all a matter of opinion and taste though. I'd go along to somewhere like Dixons and have a look at both types first

deanos

All depends on what you want to do tho if its very difficult to edit then you wont be able to make your home movies

Sheel

deanos wrote:

All depends on what you want to do tho if its very difficult to edit then you wont be able to make your home movies

True. Can't really comment on editing as although i've got the software to do it i've not got around to trying it. I should though as there are a few scenes I could do with editing out such as whe I filmed with the lens cap still on or forgot the camcorder was still on and filmed my feet :rotfl:

serene_2

Yes, i should have bought the Sony DCR-DVD202E or maybe the DCR-DVD203E instead of the thing I got for myself, but I didn't. The Sony camcorders does work great and mine does the job perfect. Its just the DV OUTPUT that is missing. So make sure its got ONE.

And the reason why I cannot edit my DVD's it is because it uses 8cm DVD disks and the apple mac mini doesn't take it or it does but you'd have to open the mac mini to get it out again. So no editing for me on an apple box....