Camcorder Question

[gsganzer]

I ended up buying a Canon Elura 100 Mini DV. I didn't get good vibes about any of the DVD models. The DVD models have a slightly lower picture quality due to the compression and I just think that the DVD writer might be more prone to failure, due to how new they are for the camcorder application. The mini DV has been around a while and they must have it figured out by now to make it reliable. Bird and Eddie also jogged my memory about some past Sony products that I've been disappointed with (auto CD radio and a digital camera). I've been pretty happy with canon camera's and this model seems to be the latest and greatest that they offer in the price range I was looking at.

You'll about drive yourself silly trying to compare the dang things, features, price, gidgets, gadgets etc. etc....

Thanks everyone, for your help.

 

[SkyPup]

The Canon Elura 100 Mini DV is a real nice rig, I think they just came out with one in High Definition that records even high density AVI files for HDTV.

The best software for video editing and DVD creation that I've been using have been:

Roxio Media Creator 9 - about $100 and very good at most everything

Adobe Premiere 3.0 - Extremely powerful but more difficult to learn

MicroSoft Movie Maker - easy to use, quick, and free

Apple QuickTime Pro - excellent low cost all around editior