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mot man
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Hello everyone, help as I am a camcorder virgin.
At the moment we are living in Cyprus and send friends and family Photoslide svcd's made on Nero, now we would like to move into this century and create dvd recordings to send to them, however I have no idea what is good, or what is not.
Dixons have an offer on at the moment Hitachi DZBX35EUK with bag,dvd's and card for £279.00.
I have looked at other camcorders and tried to compare them but now am totally confused, the price looks good to me but is the camcorder?
I am not aiming to be Steven Spielberg but would like to take reasonable video and be able to add transitions, music, etc, similar to the photoslide.
When I look at the specs of this in comparison to others the inputs/outputs are S-video & composite AV output, what are they? it doesn't mention anywhere about usb connectivity or firewire, does this mean I can't connect the camcorder to my pc and edit footage.
If this is the case does anyone do an editing package that allows you to remove the dvd from the cam and edit it before burning the disc, it does say easy edit feature but I imagine this will be on camera and will not allow me to introduce music etc, If this is not a good buy could anyone suggest a good alternative in a similar price range.
Sorry to have dragged on but I am as thick as i appear.
Thank you
Roy
At the moment we are living in Cyprus and send friends and family Photoslide svcd's made on Nero, now we would like to move into this century and create dvd recordings to send to them, however I have no idea what is good, or what is not.
Dixons have an offer on at the moment Hitachi DZBX35EUK with bag,dvd's and card for £279.00.
I have looked at other camcorders and tried to compare them but now am totally confused, the price looks good to me but is the camcorder?
I am not aiming to be Steven Spielberg but would like to take reasonable video and be able to add transitions, music, etc, similar to the photoslide.
When I look at the specs of this in comparison to others the inputs/outputs are S-video & composite AV output, what are they? it doesn't mention anywhere about usb connectivity or firewire, does this mean I can't connect the camcorder to my pc and edit footage.
If this is the case does anyone do an editing package that allows you to remove the dvd from the cam and edit it before burning the disc, it does say easy edit feature but I imagine this will be on camera and will not allow me to introduce music etc, If this is not a good buy could anyone suggest a good alternative in a similar price range.
Sorry to have dragged on but I am as thick as i appear.
Thank you
Roy