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Have you ever find a good digital video camera lately?

There are new two digital video cameras this years:

Hard Disk Drive video camera ...and... DVD video camera


I can't decide which one. I was told that all tube TV sets will be no longer run on broadcast in 2009 so we have to find the right video camera that works with a LCD TV monitor.
 
webexplorer said:
Have you ever find a good digital video camera lately?

There are new two digital video cameras this years:

Hard Disk Drive video camera ...and... DVD video camera


I can't decide which one. I was told that all tube TV sets will be no longer run on broadcast in 2009 so we have to find the right video camera that works with a LCD TV monitor.
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All DV and HDD video cameras would work with LCD, OLED, DLP, and Plasma TV. Don't worry. Companies knew customers would need cameras working on any TV and wanted to keep it that way. Personally, I would TRY DV camera that use Flashmemory.. Since that Flash memory are getting cheaper. It is easier to carry around in pocket than carrying DVD. That's why I would stick with Flashmemory than DVD due to scratch issue.

Soon DVD like regular, HD DVD and BlueRay will be obsolete VERY SOON in future. Due to DVD (like any CDrom) weakness, it scratches, cracks, and corrodes (on coating of DVD, over the time when it gets old, it corrodes till it become unplayable.)

Hope you can decide which would be the best options.
Thanks
Catty
 
all video cameras will work on any tv since most cameras have standard connectors to plug to tv set, like composite ports...those are very common. Many dv camcorders have hdmi ports so you can plug it to a digital tv.
 
webexplorer said:
Have you ever find a good digital video camera lately?

There are new two digital video cameras this years:

Hard Disk Drive video camera ...and... DVD video camera


I can't decide which one. I was told that all tube TV sets will be no longer run on broadcast in 2009 so we have to find the right video camera that works with a LCD TV monitor.
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In regards of your decision, I have experience in the mulimedia area -- and I think the Hard Disk Drive Video Camera ia a good choice, becuase it is more accessible to the computer and TV too (If they have USB drive installed in the back of the LCD televisions -- Like I have seen the new ones at the store already) but in the cons of the DVD video camera, the DVDs are small and slideable into the camera, but it stratches sometimes, like one of the other members in this thread who just mentioned about it.


Hard Disk video camera, is more reliable, and stores all these videos you recorded into the hard disk, and you can transfer it to your computer, or burn it over to the DVD via DVD recorder or DVD burner on the Computer.
 
jclarke, if the hard disk based camcorders have firewire port, it is worth the money than the ones with usb 2.0 because it has faster substained transfer rate between camera and computer.
 
sequoias said:
jclarke, if the hard disk based camcorders have firewire port, it is worth the money than the ones with usb 2.0 because it has faster substained transfer rate between camera and computer.
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Yup, I agree with you, I love firewire stuff, it's so faster than USB 2.0.
 
Pacman - I really like the firewire. But, I read that saving a homemade video clips on an external hard disk drive with using the firewire will overheat the hard disk. This means that it will damage the hard disk due overwork. I can't understand why some video camera manufacturers knew this problem, why they are selling them to customers?

It also says that it is safe to use the USB 2.0 to slow down the heat on the hard disk.
 
I have narrowed three digital HD video cameras. They are:

(1) JVC Everio GZ-MG130 or GZ-MG255 (JVC Video Camcorder Site)

(2) Panasonic HDC-SD5 (AVCD) or SDRH200 (Camcorders)

(3) Canon HG10 (Consumer Camcorders)

Unless you know a better video camera, I will look it up.


I read that a 3CCD has a better resolution of color and quality on a video's LCD than a CMOS. Why it is so important for the video camera's LCD screen? Is it worth it?

I forgot one more thing. Some video cameras will give you one of two choices to record like 1080p and 720p. I think that it is pretty dumb thing about this problem.
 
sequoias said:
jclarke, if the hard disk based camcorders have firewire port, it is worth the money than the ones with usb 2.0 because it has faster substained transfer rate between camera and computer.
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Damn right, there Seq! That's the fastest way to upload these camera clips.




And webexplorer.... 3CCD is the best one I have known and it is good for the color resolution. If I were you, I'd purchase Panasonic HDC-SD5 (with 3CCD)
 
webexplorer said:
Pacman - I really like the firewire. But, I read that saving a homemade video clips on an external hard disk drive with using the firewire will overheat the hard disk. This means that it will damage the hard disk due overwork. I can't understand why some video camera manufacturers knew this problem, why they are selling them to customers?

It also says that it is safe to use the USB 2.0 to slow down the heat on the hard disk.
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Currently, USB 2.0 and Firewire are pretty much the same speed. I heard there will be USB 3.0 soon. It can do 4.8Gbps comparing to USB 2.0 480 mbps. Also there will be a Wireless USB (WUSB) which will be the same speed as USB 2.0.

Here's the link

PC World - Faster USB 3.0 Is Coming

This will be a great news for those who want to transfer video to pc fast.

Catty
 
Not true. Firewire has a faster substained transfer rate (real world benchmarking) USB 2.0 is still slower than firewire at 400mbps. It is just an advertised maximum transfer rate, it doesn't mean it can be faster. There's also firewire at 800 mbps, not 800 megabytes per second...it's really 800 megabits per second which translates to 100 megabytes per second transfer rate. Have many of you noticed that many firewire based devices are more expensive than USB 2.0 devices? Basically firewire is a plug n play version of SCSI.

purplecatty said:
Currently, USB 2.0 and Firewire are pretty much the same speed. I heard there will be USB 3.0 soon. It can do 4.8Gbps comparing to USB 2.0 480 mbps. Also there will be a Wireless USB (WUSB) which will be the same speed as USB 2.0.

Here's the link

PC World - Faster USB 3.0 Is Coming

This will be a great news for those who want to transfer video to pc fast.

Catty
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sequoias said:
Not true. Firewire has a faster substained transfer rate (real world benchmarking) USB 2.0 is still slower than firewire at 400mbps. It is just an advertised maximum transfer rate, it doesn't mean it can be faster. There's also firewire at 800 mbps, not 800 megabytes per second...it's really 800 megabits per second which translates to 100 megabytes per second transfer rate. Have many of you noticed that many firewire based devices are more expensive than USB 2.0 devices? Basically firewire is a plug n play version of SCSI.
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Unfortunately, Catty -- I have to agree with Sequoias because I have a external Hard Drive with the USB 2.0 connection and I was trying to save my film in the external hard drive via the iMac, but I found out it was REALLY slow, and I realised that I needed firewire which was faster than I thought.
 
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