Technology Matters
Posts tagged camcorder
DXG-595V CamCorder – SDHC Recorder
Jan 3rd
DXG-595V
I spotted on Maplin’s site a special offer of a Full HD Camcorder – now after me almost buying the Toshiba one for £150, I was a little worried about buying a Lemon. The price on the site was previously £199 and now it was onoy £149.99. I did a search and came across this page and it seem to get quite a good review. I went ahead and bout the thing anyhow plus I signed up for a newsletter which saved me a further £7 off the price. Now we go onto my own little brief review of the model I had bought.
The problem wth retail stores today
Dec 30th
Sony HC51
After looking into every angle on which camera to buy and finally thinking about buying one at long last, I had said to myself that the Sony HC51 which used Tapes but had firewire was the model of choice. The local Curry’s had this very model on sale for £135. Now I know I could find it on-line for £119 but by the time you add P&P – then its not such a bad price and of course you get to take it home then and there.
Toshiba Camileo H10
Dec 28th
Toshiba Camileo H10
I thought that the old DV Tape technology camcorders was not the route to take, so I got to thinking that a small SD Card one would be better as it would be smaller, better battery life, better quality and so forth. I spotted in the local supermarket (Tesco’s for all your Brits that read this) this very model for £149.95 – previous loads more (They always say that right). They were out of stock, so I came back and did some research when I stumbled upon a youtube video that reviewed it and by god – it’s probably the worst Camcorder ever.
As it says on the end of the Video – its really just a rebadged Chinese no-name model. Verdict – Do not buy this period or you will be wasting your money !!
DV Camcorder – Which one??
Dec 27th
I have been thinking for some time now to buy myself a CamCorder – times have moved on and there is some varied choice out there and of course my needs are slightly different from the average person. The Mac has both Firewire 400 + 800 right on board and the ability for the Cam to be picked up as a Webcam should the need arise and this is what a lot of people already do when streaming.
Requirements
I need to be able to plug this Camera into both the Mac and the PC – all of my igs have Firewire and USB – so no major problem there. I need to be able to use it as a Fancy Webcam (with zoom etc), record and edit normal stuff and the quality to be god along with the cheapest one that does the job.
