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Originally posted by chud
I was just looking at some magazines and saw another camcorder that looked the same as an HDV made by Sony except it was an HDD. They had nearly the same capabilities and controls. Does anyone know what the main difference is? The HDV costs a little more but they're very similar. Could it be the size of their drives or resolution they shoot in (one said it shot in 1080i)?
Well, an HDD camera is a camera that records onto a Hard Disk Drive. It might be SD or HD.
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HDD means it records to a hard drive, like the camera that C.I. already suggested. However HDV means that it records better looking video, because of the different resolution. I won't bore you with the details. It's rather confusing isn't it. I know how you feel about the whole camera/computer mixup deal. I spent all my money on a camera, and am happy with it, but I can only edit on borrowed computers. I would highly recommend AVID, as I have used that program. It is confusing if you have never used an editing software before, however, so make sure you get some guide that will help you in the beginning. As a camcorder, I don't think you will be able to find an HDV camera in your price range with a mic input and manual controls. If you look at ?url? http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?omid=108&ref=cnet&utm_source=Cnet&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=PNPVGS320&sku=PNPVGS320?/url?
you'll find its a 3 CCD camera in your price range with all the manual controls you'll need and it's only $400 from buydig.com. I have purchased from them and recommend them.
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Thanks for the advice. I was wondering, my system is now around a year and a half old and has an 80gb hard drive. Should I buy an external hard drive to put the actual film clips on so I don't bog down and overload my system?
Yes, definitely. 80 gigs won't get you very far with editing. I've also found that I get better read speeds on an external drive than my internal boot drive. If you use the 80 gig hard drive that's already on your computer you'll most likely run into some performance problems. External should help you out a lot, both with speed and portability if needed.
