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Hard Drive Based Camcorders

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#1 ·
Anyone got one of them yet ?
I see JVC I think are releasing a 20Gb camcorder in August.

As we have a baby coming in September I really want to get a camcorder and was wondering if it's worth hanging on to get one of these new ones.
I see Samsung have one out, but I think it's only 4Gb at the moment.

Anyway.....anyone got any input ?
 
#2 ·
Hmmm. Just from my initial thoughts on this is I wouldn't get one.

Video takes up a LOT of HD space (unless the camcorder has some type of compression). So is 20 GB enough space? Probably not.

As well, you are going to be a new father. Been there - with the new baby and the camcorder. And trust me, you will take a lot of footage and not have time to edit the film let alone capture the video. I have 4 mini DV tapes waiting for me to capture the film since Feb 04.

That being said, you will run out of room very fast and you either risk erasing all of your previous footage or you won't take any new footage.

Just my 2 cents.
 
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