Reviews of digital camcorders and accessories
MiniDV has dominated the camcorder market for over a decade, but that stronghold is beginning to weaken. Flash memory camcorders, hard disk camcorders, and optical media camcorders are all aiming to take MiniDV’s place as the king of the camcorder. New small and feature rich flash camcorders provide strong competition for MiniDV camcorders. Still, MiniDV is not dead yet, so which one should you buy?
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Flash memory camcorders use built-in flash memory or removable flash memory cards (usually SDHC) to store recorded video. They are light, portable, use less power, and have less moving parts that can break when compared to other types of camcorders.
Hard disk camcorders have a built-in hard disk for storing recorded video. The come with more out of the box storage than other types of camcorders, but they don’t allow swapping out the storage device when it’s full of video.
These camcorders use MiniDV tapes as the recording medium. They have been around for years, but are starting to give way to hard disk and flash memory camcorders. MiniDV tapes are widely available and easy to find while traveling.
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