Hi Videoers

I had my Sony TRV50E Mini DV stolen in Barcelona.

I now have the Insurance money.

I have gone off Sony because they use Memory Stick which is expensive and
lower in capacity than other flash memory.

I want one with SD Card or support more than one type of card.

I was homing in on either PANASONIC NV-GS250 or a PANASONIC NV-GS400
Or a Canon MVX350i and MVX330i for my new mini DV
camcorder.

What is the best Value the Canon or Pany?

Any Advice Jimbo

In message , JimboSlim
writes
I have gone off Sony because they use Memory Stick which is expensive

You can buy 1GB for £55 and 512MB for £30. Is this significantly more
expensive than other memory cards?

and lower in capacity than other flash memory.

You are obviously unaware of the Pro and Duo memory sticks (up to 2GB).

--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

Hi Tony
Best Price I can find for 1gig Memory Stick is £61.50[ +VAT=£72.26]
http://www.emartbuy.com/uk/catalog/i..._3=354&par_4=A

Jimbo

"JimboSlim" wrote in message
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Hi Videoers

I had my Sony TRV50E Mini DV stolen in Barcelona.

I now have the Insurance money.

I have gone off Sony because they use Memory Stick which is expensive and
lower in capacity than other flash memory.

I want one with SD Card or support more than one type of card.

I was homing in on either PANASONIC NV-GS250 or a PANASONIC NV-GS400
Or a Canon MVX350i and MVX330i for my new mini DV
camcorder.

What is the best Value the Canon or Pany?

Any Advice Jimbo

Hi Tony
Where do you get your 1Gig for £55? thats much cheaper as any I have seen.
IS that New or off E-Bay?
I was looking at 1gig SD card 1GB Secure Digital Memory, Item Price =
£39.95, this was from Aria Technology including VAT & Free delivery Special
offer at the time. I think £15 is significant.
My Sumsung Still Digital will take either Sony Duo or SD so I got the SD at
the time because of this Aria offer.
Typical Sony prices are much higher than you Quote.
924259 Memory Stick PRO 1GB £114.16 ex, £134.14 inc.


Sandisk 1.0 GB Memory Stick Pro Duo
5 Year Warranty. FREE DELIVERY
Price: £82.09
£96.45 inc. VAT
more info...

"Tony Morgan" wrote in message
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In message , JimboSlim
writes
I have gone off Sony because they use Memory Stick which is expensive

You can buy 1GB for £55 and 512MB for £30. Is this significantly more
expensive than other memory cards?

and lower in capacity than other flash memory.

You are obviously unaware of the Pro and Duo memory sticks (up to 2GB).

--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

In message , JimboSlim
writes
Hi Tony
Best Price I can find for 1gig Memory Stick is £61.50[ +VAT=£72.26]
http://www.emartbuy.com/uk/catalog/i...lt.aspx?sp_id=
4&par_1=GBP&par_2=Standard&par_3=354&par_4=A

Have a search on Ebay under "Buy Now".

I've become an Ebay fan after fairly recently buying a pristine "1 hours
use" Sony DCR-TRV80E for £325.
--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

Hi Tony

Hmmm that's not a true price comparison. I think you must agree that Sony
Memory Stick is Significantly dearer than any other type of flash Memory.
You can get SD ram off E_bay a lot cheaper than Memory Stick.
Jimbo

"Tony Morgan" wrote in message
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In message , JimboSlim
writes
Hi Tony
Best Price I can find for 1gig Memory Stick is £61.50[ +VAT=£72.26]
http://www.emartbuy.com/uk/catalog/i...lt.aspx?sp_id=
4&par_1=GBP&par_2=Standard&par_3=354&par_4=A

Have a search on Ebay under "Buy Now".

I've become an Ebay fan after fairly recently buying a pristine "1 hours
use" Sony DCR-TRV80E for £325.
--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

Hi Tony

I have just been looking at the camcorders on E-Bay Buy Now its a mine field
out there!
Grey imports, 2nd hand masquerading as new, USA models, Its a lucky dip and
you were probably a lucky one with your Sony. Still haven't made up my mind
which one to go for. I must admit I loved my Sony that was nicked. But time
has moved on. Had a look at your web page very good stuff on there.

Jimbo





"JimboSlim" wrote in message
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Hi Tony

Hmmm that's not a true price comparison. I think you must agree that Sony
Memory Stick is Significantly dearer than any other type of flash Memory.
You can get SD ram off E_bay a lot cheaper than Memory Stick.
Jimbo

"Tony Morgan" wrote in message
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In message , JimboSlim
writes
Hi Tony
Best Price I can find for 1gig Memory Stick is £61.50[ +VAT=£72.26]
http://www.emartbuy.com/uk/catalog/i...lt.aspx?sp_id=
4&par_1=GBP&par_2=Standard&par_3=354&par_4=A

Have a search on Ebay under "Buy Now".

I've become an Ebay fan after fairly recently buying a pristine "1 hours
use" Sony DCR-TRV80E for £325.
--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

In message , JimboSlim
writes
Hmmm that's not a true price comparison.

Perhaps not. I haven't really looked (other than the occasional glance
in passing) at the price of non-memory stick media.

But I do believe that it's not a valid reason for not buying Sony, since
the stills on the overwhelming majority of camcorders leave a lot to be
desired - especially compared with a digi-still camera.

I think you must agree that Sony Memory Stick is Significantly dearer
than any other type of flash Memory. You can get SD ram off E_bay a lot
cheaper than Memory Stick. Jimbo

I must confess to having been somewhat locked into memory sticks. My
laptop used them, and now I've got a 5.1Mpx still camera that uses them,
so I've got a little pile of them ranging from 4MB upwards :-)

--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

In message , JimboSlim
writes
I have just been looking at the camcorders on E-Bay Buy Now its a mine
field out there! Grey imports, 2nd hand masquerading as new, USA
models, Its a lucky dip and you were probably a lucky one with your
Sony.

I was. It was owned by a US serviceman who had just returned
unexpectedly to the US from a foreshortened tour of duty in Germany. I
spotted it because it was an "E" model for sale on the US Ebay.

I nearly bought a second-hand VX1000E BTW, but decided against on the
basis of size.

Still haven't made up my mind which one to go for. I must admit I loved
my Sony that was nicked. But time has moved on.

I've got a couple of friends with Pannies and one with a Canon and
though I'm perhaps biased, both my old TRV30 and my new(ish) TRV80 seem
to be of a better build quality than other makes.

--
Tony Morgan
http://www.rhylonline.com

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:20:11 GMT, "JimboSlim"
wrote:

I had my Sony TRV50E Mini DV stolen in Barcelona.

I now have the Insurance money.

I have gone off Sony because they use Memory Stick which is expensive and
lower in capacity than other flash memory.

I want one with SD Card or support more than one type of card.

Are you going to be using the still picture function a lot?