I have a 12 year old Hi-8 Sony camcorder and wish to upgrade to a
newer model. I have searched the web but cannot find good camcorder
review sites or talk about pro and cons of the media types.

Can anyone help please? Incedently I quite like the Sony SR72 HDD but
have not seen a review of it yet. Have seen some US reviews but the
model numbers look different to UK so am not too sure about
comparision.

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I have a 12 year old Hi-8 Sony camcorder and wish to upgrade to a
newer model. I have searched the web but cannot find good camcorder
review sites or talk about pro and cons of the media types.

Can anyone help please? Incedently I quite like the Sony SR72 HDD but
have not seen a review of it yet. Have seen some US reviews but the
model numbers look different to UK so am not too sure about
comparision.

Try:

www.camcorderinfo.com

You want to get a MiniDV model.

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:05:06 +0100, Tim Streater
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Try:

www.camcorderinfo.com

You want to get a MiniDV model.

Thanks. Seen this site before - still difficult to compare UK
available models here as the products appear to be different. e.g.
SR72 is not mentioned at all.

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On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:05:06 +0100, Tim Streater
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Try:

www.camcorderinfo.com

You want to get a MiniDV model.

Thanks. Seen this site before - still difficult to compare UK
available models here as the products appear to be different. e.g.
SR72 is not mentioned at all.

True - some vendors e.g. Canon use different product codes in the US.
You have to go through the vendor's list of products and find the one
that looks like the the one you are interested in - compare chip size,
etc. I did that when when getting my MVX35 which turns out to be the
Optura 500 or something.

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:05:06 +0100, Tim Streater
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Try:

www.camcorderinfo.com

You want to get a MiniDV model.

Interesting - you have recommended a MiniDV which I had ignored in the
first instance as it has ben around for a long time and I, rightly or
wrongly, considered it to be old technology. Having thought about it,
I am now inclined to go for a MiniDV as you suggested as there seems
to be very good spec ones available for the price of the lower end HDD
ones.

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On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:05:06 +0100, Tim Streater
wrote:

In article ,
wrote:

Try:

www.camcorderinfo.com

You want to get a MiniDV model.

Interesting - you have recommended a MiniDV which I had ignored in the
first instance as it has ben around for a long time and I, rightly or
wrongly, considered it to be old technology. Having thought about it,
I am now inclined to go for a MiniDV as you suggested as there seems
to be very good spec ones available for the price of the lower end HDD
ones.

It may be "old" technology, but it's *better* technology than DVD or
HDD, as it does less compression in the camera. You want to do as little
work in the camera as possible, since it has to be done in real time.
When you post-process the video later, you have the advantage of much
more powerful processors and as much time as you need for the
compression software to do a good job.

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:25:30 +0100, Tim Streater
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It may be "old" technology, but it's *better* technology than DVD or
HDD, as it does less compression in the camera. You want to do as little
work in the camera as possible, since it has to be done in real time.
When you post-process the video later, you have the advantage of much
more powerful processors and as much time as you need for the
compression software to do a good job.

Yeah. And not just "better" the way Betamax was "better" than VHS.
Mini-dv is still very much alive and kicking.

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:25:30 +0100, Tim Streater
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It may be "old" technology, but it's *better* technology than DVD or
HDD, as it does less compression in the camera. You want to do as little
work in the camera as possible, since it has to be done in real time.
When you post-process the video later, you have the advantage of much
more powerful processors and as much time as you need for the
compression software to do a good job.

Thanks guys. Any recommendation for a make, model please? i am looking
for a budget of up to £300.