Usually it's that USB cable question. No, USB is not a good idea.
The supplied software is poor to "don't bother installing." Maybe that's what the issue is.
Bob
I've been doing a lot of research with little results. Everything I read leads me to a MiniDV format camcorder, but some say there's a problem editing and burning the edited video to a DVD. For instance I've read that you can only burn an edited video to a VCD which can't been see through a DVD player (Sony HC21). Anyone have any wisdom?

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