I am looking to buy a camcorder as my sister is graduating from HS, my friend from college, and me from college in spring 07. I am researching what the best camcorder is in terms of color. I think I either want to go the MINI DVD route or the hard drive route. I heard with the MINI DVD you only get 20 minutes recording time- not long enough in my opinion. How much time is it with the plug into your computer hard drive burner type? And what brand would you recommend that I get? Are they very expensive or in a good price range?\n\nI am only used to using the old vhs type recoder but vhs is outdated and my mother's old one doesnt even work anymore.
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i think SONY DCR DVD755 is good 4 u
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its so much easier to use a stand alone DVD recorder. There nice to have and getting very affordable now. hard to edit on tho
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generaly you vhs camcorder has a Video-Out connection, this can connect to your computer, however, you need a Video-Input on your computer.\n\nthere is a simple item, that plugs into your USB port, and can be used for Audio/Video input to your computer, and you can take those files and burn to dvd (with dvd creation software)
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I prefer "DVD Shrink" it is very simple and easy to find online. It takes the movie you have loads it either to your hard drive or a back up disk. A lot of websites that have it usually have a tutorial that goes along with it. Give it a try and see how you like it. I have never had any problems from it at all.
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Pinniacle Studio 8 \nit is 99.99 but there is a place where u get the code for free i think e-mail me at austin_penguin@yahoo.com but u still the cd\n\nit is really easy to use but u need a firewire cord and a camcorder that has a DV area (i think) \n\ni have it and u can change different types of frames and speed or slow down\n\ni've heard that Windows Movie Maker has a lot of problems for beginning users
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Definitely never use cheap disks.  Verbatim, TDK, and Sony seem to be rated as good disks.  Also burn at slower speeds, it makes for a better burn on the disks.
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We didn't have our wedding video taped because it seemed expensive for a tape that we would rarely watch.  Our wedding was small and simple.  We took lots of pictures and have lots of memories.  I don't regret the decision.
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Capture the VHS video to a computer video editing program using an analog-to-DV converter,  encode it to MPEG-2 and author a DVD.\n\nYour computer must have a video capture card (or a similar device) that can capture or convert the analog video signal from the VHS tape to a digital format.  \nOR\nGraphics Cards with Video Capturing Capabilities are a new commodity being produced by graphics card manufacturers. These cards incorporate video capturing capabilities so you don’t need an additional video card\n\nSOFTWARE :\nPower Direct...Show BIZ DVD....Studio Plus....Nero
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There are Few Devices you can get that are out there on the market that would help you do that.\n\nMy favorite one is http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1221030&CatId=1427\n\nHere are few others u want to read about\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=674680&CatId=0\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1699056&CatId=0\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=108029&CatId=0\n\n\nThose are just some of the things that are on the market that would help you with that.\n\nAll you do is plug one of the above devices, and u record a TV show on your Hard Drive then u use Nero or any other buring program and u burn the data on a DVD so u can watch is later.
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You'll need a product like this.\n\nMine can record cable, tv, vhs, music etc.\n\nThe basic ones start off at around $49 all the way upto $450 if you HDTV quality.\nMany MPEG 2 are reasonable MPEG 1 is under $100
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You could get a TV Capture card. They are anywhere from $30 on up. The webcam would be an input device and you just hit the record button on the software to record. TV Capture cards can also record TV and VHS if you have the right inputs, very nice to have!\nA great software to caputure video is Active Webcam\nhttp://www.pysoft.com/ActiveWebCamMainpage.htm
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Its very simple if you have a dvd recorder.  Most new dvd recorders have the audio & video inputs required to hook it up to a vhs player.  All you need to do is press play on your vcr and record on your dvd play and hey presto!\n\ngo to www.videohelp.com for all your dvd related quieries.
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I got a video camera from Lindas Cameras and it cost $108. It is a small white video camera that's memory card cost $80. But it gives you 500 hours of filming and it is a web camera for flat screen panel computer.\n\n\nemail:Jimmy@Pilrose.com
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the new Sony. i dont know the model and i dunno if it is only in south africa but its a neat little thing... if u cant find it y not wait 4 the mp4 2 come out, then get it imported from dubai, it is so cheap! thats wat im doin! the JVC mp3 is also pretty cheap and reliable. hope this helps
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on most DVD recorders you can not record on the whole disk. you have to leave about 10 min and a two hour recording
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Do you plan on burning these onto DVD so you can watch them on your DVD player connected to your television? Or do you plan on watching these on your computer screen. \n\nIf your going to watch these on your television the movies will look very bad due to the compression that was done on them to make the files small on the web. It would be a major waste of a DVD and your time doing so. \n\nIf you plan on burning a lot of these compressed movies onto a DVD so you can watch them on your computer monitor, it would be ok but dont expect any high definition videos from any site that is streaming the video or offering it free to the public.\n\nDVD burners can be used for more than just movies and things like that, you can use them for backing up files on your computer just in case your computer has a problem down the road.
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Madagascuar is good!!! I like this weird dancin' racoon thingy the best, my dad like it and my nan and 1 of my uncles loves it!!! But she wont remember going, wait till she is around six, or after going once she will expct to go every week! I don't know what country your in, but madagauscar came out here ages ago, you should buy the video from abroad like on ebay or do an entire web search, it will be cheaper and then you'll have it before everyone else!!!!!!!!