I'm looking for one. Really not sure what to go for, not sure on price either, don't want to go over board, but will probably stick to Sony as that's what we used to have (ancient and broken now but was brill for years)

Any links, good places to buy? or is it just best to go round the high street?

 

just bought the wife (ahem ahem)
a rather cool sony mini DVD one
cost quite a bit but is well smart

 

dvd, ah yes, so whats the score with that then, they all dvd now so no putting on to vhs makes sense....old dears still aint got a dvd player

 

which in english means?

 

errr, learn to read? Na, so what model you go for mate? and where u buy?

 

I heard that the DVD ones arent all that just yet. And that you should go for Mini DV camera for the time being.

Problem is theres about 60 million different cameras availiable from 12,000 different companies.

 

dcr dvd201 i think
worth the extra 40 bar or so for the
extras, best all round package
came from amazon, but was a few quid extra
some of the cheaper places were pants when i phoned
them & tried to get all techy on them
(well, just asked a few questions)
still reading the manual at the mo'
not cos its big but i'm a "i know what the manual says"
type

 

OK So whats mini dvd and dvd? all about... I will have a read up when I can stop playing GT4

 

i was going for mini dv (digital tape) but all the foroms i read & the ppl i know
with 'em have all had tape chewing disasters with some really xpensive equipment
so i got mini dvd - 8cm dvd's that hold about 30-32 mins per side, you can get dvd-r that is a burn once jobby or dvd-rw that you can record & wipe/re-record approx 1000 times apparently, it also takes single shots that play like a slide show on yo dvd player - personal choice of course but the dvd ones have been around a while now, dont get a DVD ram jobby though, - good idea but no fooking player seems to accept them !

 

so, how do u then put what u record on to dvd's? or am i missing the point here

 

the mini dvd goes in the camera itself - thay 8cm diameter & most if not all dvd players hvae a smallet indentation to take em!!

 

http://www.camcordersplus.com/images...-dvd201-sm.jpg

fits in the plam of my hand

 

ahh i see. cheers Gunna have to start looking about big time.

 

think i paid 460 with a pack of 12 DVD-r
good luck - my original budget was Ł200 max
but once i started looking i think i went away with the shopping fairies a bit!

 

OK mate, cheers.

for the daytime crew

 

24-7 baby

 

OK, realistically we are on a budget which we do plan to stick to. Have been looking at this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...368835-6289402

Looks just what we are after, something small and with an easy to use touch screen think the mini dv format will be cool. Now im a bit more clued up on mini dv and all the formats, going to pop into our local hughes at lunch to get a feel of the cam and more help on it. Quite a good price tbh, and will do all we need (purely just for holidays and me using it for car shows etc) I can link it direct to the pc and pull the video off it and slap them on to dvd when I get a dvd burner too

Cheers

 

whatever dude!
like i said, its your wedge & your choice innit !