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Consumer Guide Digital Camcorder <br/>Expert Reviews
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video must be worth a million. Compare features across a variety of models with our expert reviews. Not sure what features you should be looking for? Read the Digital Camcorder Buying Guide to learn everything you need to know.
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Digital camcorders offer the best video and audio quality, and prices are lower than ever. To ensure you get the best price without sacrificing performance, compare prices online before you buy. We've stacked up shopping deals from retailers across the Web so you can easily compare prices on digital camcorders.
How Camcorders Work
If you're looking to delight your friends with hours of your vacation footage in prime, digital form, there's no time like the present. Camcorders have gotten small enough to fit in a pocket. Find out about the technology used in digital camcorders and how traditional camcorders work.

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DV Camcorders
JVC GR-D350 MiniDV camcorder Photo
JVC's GR-D350 is a MiniDV camcorder that offers excellent performance at a budget price. Learn more from Consumer Guide's review....

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$160.00 - $180.00
Panasonic PV-GS83 Photo
The Panasonic PV-GS83 MiniDV delivers solid video performance in good lighting conditions. Learn more in the review at Consumer Guide. ...

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Stores Selling: 4
$220.00 - $305.00
Canon DC210 Photo
The Canon DC210 is an easy to use, entry-level DVD camcorder that also takes digital stills. Learn more in the review at Consumer Guide. ...

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Stores Selling: 3
$180.00 - $349.00
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Panasonic SDR-H200 Photo
The Panasonic SDR-H200 features excellent image quality despite some minor design flaws. Read more in Consumer Guide's reviews. ...

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Canon DM-XL2 Mini DV Camcorder Photo
Digital, Mini DV, 3 x CCD, 20x Optical Zoom, 5.31 lb. , Battery life: Up to 3.83 Hours ...
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Stores Selling: 11
$2860.00 - $3999.00
Sony Handycam® HDR-FX1 Mini DV Camcorder Photo
Digital, Mini DV, PAL, 3 x CCD, 12x Optical Zoom, 4.41 lb. , Battery life: Up to 6.4 Hours ...
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Stores Selling: 1
$2980.00 - $2980.00

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Digital Camcorder FAQ

Video editing allows you to create studio-quality movies right from your home. There are a million different ways to do video editing. The good news is that, with just a digital camcorder, a computer and a piece of video editing software, you can create video masterpieces. Learn more about video editing.
There are a lot of things involved in showing theatrical movies on a television because movies and television are very different mediums. Movie film is a very physical medium. It's exactly like the film in your still camera in that it records visual information with chemical reactions on special material. Learn more about video formatting.
Most people who own a camcorder also own a stack of tapes with hours of shaky, jarring video footage. To the typical amateur cameraman, this is an inevitable part of handheld video or film: When you move while you're shooting, the camera seems to pick up your body's every jolt and shake no matter how hard you try to keep it level. Learn more about Steadicams.

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How Camcorders Work
How can such a little device do so much? Explore traditional analog camcorders and learn about the technology used in digital camcorders in this HowStuffWorks video.

Home Movie Making
Simply upload your digital video content, or send them your analog video tapes, and they will encode and stream it back to you online where you can edit it. Learn about this easy way of making home movies in this episode of Technology Evangelist.

Sony HDD Smart Protection System
Watch as Sony engineers explain how they safeguarded Sony's Hard Disk Drive Handycam camcorders against data loss.



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