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Canon HG20 Camcorder

$750.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
whats also good about it is that it records to a 60gb hard drive as well as sdhc cards for more space.the price varies all over the web, but i recommend best buy because with the web purchase, you
from www.amazon.com
this camera also has an optional drop sensor that locks the hard drive if it senses it is falling.
from www.amazon.com
to be honest i wanted another sony but my mac computer has some issues with sony so i went with canon and while i like it, it's a chore to learn a whole new system as i opted to go with a hard drive
from www.amazon.com
after using tape for 2 years, i am thrilled how easy it is to transfer videos from the camera's hard drive to my computer, just drag and drop.
from www.amazon.com
i got this camera today, i wanted to get hg10 as it is cheaper, but i went with this one as it has higher hard disk capacity with small price difference.

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Positives: Excellent Video Quality, Easy To Use, Great Display, Recording Format: Blu-ray,DVD,HDD

2 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for HARD DISC

Sony Handycam HDR-CX12 Flash Media Camcorder

$900.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i have a fairly new sony hard disk camcorder and this hdr-cx12 has it beat hands down.
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because it hasnt got a chunky hard drive its nice and compact.
from www.amazon.com
so if you are planning to take many hours of video at a high quality hd setting, you should consider also investing in a large external hard drive, which over time will be a lot cheaper than buying
from www.amazon.com
(no additional moving parts such as a hard drive or mini dvd) the stabilization and zoom is fantastic and unlike most camcorders this model has the night shot feature which allow low light recording.
from www.amazon.com
harddrive based have potential room for error, and dvd as well as the minidv have gear components that have risk of breaking.

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Positives: , Easy To Use, Excellent Display, Recording Format: Flash Media

3 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for HARD DISC

Canon iVIS HG21 Camcorder

$984.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i say this because i have tried another high end camcorder from sony with a 120gb harddrive, which (the sony) was unbelievably disappointing in both color and resolution.
from www.amazon.com
i can designate if i want to put it on the hard drive or the memory card.
from www.amazon.com
i love the huge hard drive.
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also, first time out i recorded about 36 minutes at the highest quality which used 6.55gb on the hard drive.
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i wanted something small and easy to hold with a hard drive.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Great Display, , Recording Format: DVD,HDD,Blu-ray

4 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for HARD DISC

Canon Legria HFS10 32 GB HDV Camcorder

$1,240.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the first was an ancient hi-8, the second was an older dv-tape camera, the third was the hg10 hard-drive hd camcorder.
from www.amazon.com
although a little pricey it is worth the extra money when considering a flash hard drive and memory card slotted device over a typical internal hard drive.
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no waiting for tapes to wind or hard drives to spin.
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i was on the fence between this and the top of the line sony with 240gb hard drive.
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also make sure you have plenty of hard drive space as avchd uses alot of space.

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Positives: Great Display, Nice Video Quality, Good Sound Quality, Recording Format: AVCHD,High Definition,Flash Media

5 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for HARD DISC

JVC GZ-HM200 Flash Media Camcorder

$627.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.crutchfield.com
wanted small, high def, no hard drive/tapes/dvds/media and had to work with a mac and imovie.
from www.amazon.com
i have never been interested in the hard drive camcorders due to the fact that i do not want all my eggs in one basket and have the hard drive go belly up and loose everything.
from www.amazon.com
gone are the days of tapes, slow internal hard drives, and other lesser options.

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Positives: Easy To Use, , Nice Video Quality, Recording Format: Flash Media

Sony HDR-XR500V Camcorder

$1,135.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
the battery did better on the sony with the hard drive than the canon with flash memory.when it came to picture quality it was very close but i would give the nod to the canon with still images and a
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it's confirmed: the only difference between this model and the hdr-xr520v is $200 less cost and half the hard disk space.
from www.amazon.com
i barely filled half the hard drive capacity!!

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Positives: Easy To Use, , Great Display, Recording Format: High Definition,AVCHD

Flip Video Mino Camcorder

$153.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
plugged in, even searching through camera directories like a hard drive all that was there was the jpg thumbnails of what i used to have, (2) why would i want to transfer one and delete the rest??
from www.amazon.com
and since you'd be plugging it into a computer to recharge it anyway, there's no reason not to dump the existing video to the hard drive at that time.
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hooked it up to my macbook and could import the videos into iphoto or just copy them to the hard drive in finder.
from www.amazon.com
def, tho they just came out with a new flip camera that is hd (it's more expensive and a bit bigger and heavier, and taking a bunch of hd videos would quickly eat up a lot of space on a hard drive).
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(and an external hard drive too, your going to have lots of videos.)

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Positives: Easy To Use, Good Display, Lightweight, LCD Panel Size: 1.5 in.

Pure Digital F630 Camcorder

$161.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
and since you'd be plugging it into a computer to recharge it anyway, there's no reason not to dump the existing video to the hard drive at that time.
from www.amazon.com
def, tho they just came out with a new flip camera that is hd (it's more expensive and a bit bigger and heavier, and taking a bunch of hd videos would quickly eat up a lot of space on a hard drive).
from www.amazon.com
hooked it up to my macbook and could import the videos into iphoto or just copy them to the hard drive in finder.
from www.amazon.com
plugged in, even searching through camera directories like a hard drive all that was there was the jpg thumbnails of what i used to have, (2) why would i want to transfer one and delete the rest??
from www.amazon.com
although the flip mino has a great little editing tool stored on its hard drive, we decided to spring for something a little more robust.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Video Quality, Excellent Display, Recording Format: Flash Media

Creative Technology Vado HD 8 GB HDD Camcorder

$193.00 Est. at Amazon

from Rahul, www.newegg.com
with the product they should give the full version.only 2x zoom, 8gb internal hard disk.
from www.amazon.com
i would prefer a product that used an sd card instead of a hard drive and strongly considered the kodak products.
from www.amazon.com
it was a snap to copy the file to my hard drive and watch it on windows media player in full screen mode.
from www.amazon.com
it was enough to load the video onto my hard drive where i could work with it in moviemaker.
from www.amazon.com
bottom line is it had more hard drive space easy to use software and looks sharp even on a 52in lcd.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Video Quality, Good Display, Recording Format: Hard Drive

Pure Digital 120 Minute Flip Video Ultra

$138.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
for those that prefer to transfer files manually, the flip appears as a drive in windows explorer allowing you to drag and drop the mp4 video files from the camcorder to your hard drive.
from www.amazon.com
but i wont be using that alot as all my videos go into my hard drive after i shoot and review them right on the flip itself.
from www.amazon.com
when plugged in the flip will show up as a hard drive so if for some reason you don't want to install the software you can just drag and drop video files just as you might do from a thumb drive or
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flip bills itself as being apple compatible and while you can download the files to the computer hard drive as soon as you try to save the video to disk or move it to your desktop the quality

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Display, Excellent Value, Recording Format: Hard Drive

Canon Vixia HF S100 Hi Def Flash Memory Camcorder

$1,035.00 Est. at Amazon

from Makin It Happen, www.newegg.com
the memorystick/card camcorder contacts once erroded or loses its ability to make solid contact with the card it'll have to be serviced.maybe the hf s10 would be better cause of internal harddrive.
from www.amazon.com
no waiting for tapes to wind or hard drives to spin.
from www.amazon.com
shot a quick video which i then copied from the built in hard drive to my sd card.
from Makin It Happen, www.newegg.com
also expect the price to drop $50-$100 in next 4 months.maybe under $900 by xmas (sales).be very careful of the memorystick/card camcorder contacts once erroded or loses its ability to make solid

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Positives: Nice Value, , Easy To Use, Recording Format: High Definition,Flash Media

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