Expert Guide to DVD Camcorders
Thinking about a mini DVD camcorder? You are not alone, it is a rapidly growing
Sector of the camcorder market, with Hitachi, Sony and Panasonic all making more
as a mini-DVD camcorder.
These camcorders differ from regular digital video cameras in one important way --
You capture video on mini-DVD discs, rather than DV tape. This has a number of
Advantages. DVD discs are getting more robust than tape and not chewed in the
Camera. While this isfortunately rare, it frightens me every time I here a
strange noise coming from my camcorder, so that it matches the account.
The second advantage is that DVD discs are random access, compared with tape to
The first things first recorded. This means that there is no need to
To see back and forward, the clip that you're after, just select it from the menu.
Some cameras can also basic editing functions for the implementation of the camera. A
additionalSide effect is that getting a mini-DVD camcorder tape heads not to
worn or dirty as a regular mini DVD cameras.
And thirdly, you can easily watch your home movies by the DVD from the
Camera and play it in virtually any DVD player.
However, there are negative factors. Which is siginificant that a video
as MPEG-2 encodes a mini DVD camcorder, as they meet in the DV format. This
means that it has special softwareedit - you can not simply with your regular
Video editing program (unless it specifically supports MPEG-2). And if a Mac user
You are out of luck because there are no MPEG-2 editing applications for the Mac.
Also mini DVD camcorders tend to be more expensive than similarly specified mini DV
Cameras. And the media are also more expensive. However, if you intend not to
Edit your movies and nothing to offer but not the additional cost, mini-DVD camcorder
extraordinaryConvenience.
