It is now narrowed down to four camcorders. What to buy!?

[spoliquin]

OK. From the help from some people here, I have narrowed it down to these four camcorders.

Sony DCR-TRV460

Sony DCR-TRV740

Panasonic PV-GS120

Canon Optura 10

I am looking for good quality, good enough to edit on a computer and burn to DVD as a home- movie. My Budjet is around 750 on Ebay. Which one should I buy?!

Thanks so much.

-Sam

[CaseyComb]

For camcorders under $1000 I would go with Canon. Always have and always will have superior optics.

[spoliquin]

OK. I think I am going to go with the Panasonic PV-GS120. I think I am going to get that because it gets good reviews, has a 3CCD lense thing which is great, and it is affordable for me.

[CaseyComb]

3 CCD's is a good reason to pick up that camera. But I did see a Canon recently with 3CCD's under $1000. I don't quite remember the model number

[pijetro]

Panasonic PV-GS120

My choice...But only if you've already got a digital still...

I'd wait a few weeks or months..Since it's a leaner version of the 200 model, i'm sure the price is gonna drop very quick, as many Panasonics usually do..

Good luck!!!

[Sam Ontario]

OK. From the help from some people here, I have narrowed it down to these four camcorders.

Sony DCR-TRV460

Sony DCR-TRV740

Panasonic PV-GS120

Canon Optura 10

I am looking for good quality, good enough to edit on a computer and burn to DVD as a home- movie. My Budjet is around 750 on Ebay. Which one should I buy?!

Thanks so much.

-Sam

After 3 Canon Hi8 Camcorders died in early days, I will never buy another Canon video products.

[slnorth]

Found this old post and wondered what the final end was.

Myself, I purchased the Panasonic PV-GS120 from Best Buy in Oregon around Mothers day while on sale for $650 no sales tax. I took advantage of a 2yr 0% interest promo they were doing and bought the 4 yr service plan which by past experience has paid for more than one camera. I also got an extra battery and UV lens filter to keep it protected.

It has a pretty good lens but it was the 3 chips that sold me. The quality was far better than my older DVs. The only thing I didn't like was the night shot was not the black & white, for some reason they thought we'd like jittery unusable color recording.

But it did great work on a very bouncy ski boat in the San Diego Bay and filming action in soccer, baseball and football was great. I got great quality in slow motion as the baseball and bat both cross the plate for a connection. You can see the ball in several frames on a side view shot which really suprised me and again the detail was awesome.

For that price and the Best Buy packages I'm more than happy. Which did you finally choose?

[hech54]

I bought a Canon....who cares about the original poster..

KIDDING !!!!!

[lugnuttz]

Canon all the way.... look at the OPTURA 40

[Kurupter00]

out of those 4, Canon by far. why not look for a more up to date sony non-HI-8, way better picture then any canon under a $1000 now above $1500 canon wins that one.

[Capmaster]

Ditto Canon. Superb optics

[dun4cheap]

I bought the canon optura 20 from circuit city for $349 last month. It replaced my Panasonic DV101. So far, I love it. The 16:9 works well even though its not true 16:9. I purchased a lens doubler and wideangle lens for it for $49.99. I don't really use the still shot feature since I have the Canon Rebel Digital. The cameras use the same battery which was another reason I chose the canon.. I have no regrets. The last reason was the low lux ability without the light. It has a lux rating of .5 lux without the light or special mode.