I would like to buy a handy cam for personal use.I had found some specifications of cams.can u tell me which?

Question

cam should i opt for a HDD or DVD??whts the difference,which is the long run profitable one?Im opting for sony brands.im mentioning the features can u tell me which one is the better option to buy?

1.Model : DCRSR62E

Ø Built-in 30GB HDD Ø 1MEGA-pixel CCD Ø 1.0 Mega Pixels Still Image Recording Ø CZ Vario Tessar Ø Zoom 25x Optical, 2000x Digital Ø 2.7” Wide Hybrid LCD Free Carry Case+512 MB

2.Model : DCRSR82E

Ø Built-in 60GB HDD Ø 1 MEGA-pixel CCD Ø 1.0 Mega Pixels Still Image Recording Ø CZ Vario Tessar Ø Zoom 25x Optical, 2000x Digital Ø 2.7” Wide Hybrid LCD Free Carry Case+512 MB

3.DCRDVD808E

Ø 6.1 Mega Pixels ClearVid CMOS Sensor Ø CZ Vario Sonnar T* Lens Ø Super SteadyShot (Optical) Ø Zoom- 10x Optical, 80x Digital Ø 2.7” Wide Hybrid Clear Photo LCD plus Ø 5.1ch Surround Recording w/ built-in MIC Ø DVD-R / -RW / +RW / +R DL compatible recording Free Carry Case+3 DVD+512 MB

what is the most important requirement for HDD or DVD?How can i carefully select a good cam?

Answer 1

DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER. The video is a pain to get to, the discs are a pain to deal with. The resulting video is the worst quality.

If these are our only choices, the DCR-SR82.

Digital zoom is irrelevant and should be turned off and NEVER used.

MiniDV tape continues to provide the best available video quality. because the video stored on the tape is not very compressed in DV format.

Internal hard drive based consumer camcorders store using a pretty highly compressed MPEG2 method - this is OK quality, but not as good as miniDV tape. By the way, if you fill up the hard drive, and you don't have your computer around to move the video files, what are you planning to do? You have two choices: Delete files you have not yet transfered or stop capturing video. With miniDV tape, just carry extra tape. Fill one, pop it out, lock it, pop in another one...

DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.

DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.

DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.

DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.

DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.

DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.

DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.

If you are open to miniDV tape based camcorders, the Sony DCR-HC96 is in your price range...