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Family Camcorder

Nov 11, 2010 1:39AM PST

Hello. We are looking for a camcorder for home movies and family events with very good video quality and sound, zoom and easy to use, download and basic editing if necessary. Inexpensive would help too but but I know I can't have it all. Thanks.

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Can you define "inexpensive"?
Nov 11, 2010 10:34PM PST

Consumer camcorders and cameras that capture video range from $50 to $2,000.

At the low end, the lenses and imaging chips are small, audio and other manual controls are not very good and connections to external things (mics, lights, etc) don't exist much. As the $ go up, lenses and imaging chips get larger (better low light video capture) and various features appear...

What is the computer environment?

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Computer environment for camcorder
Nov 12, 2010 1:44AM PST

I assume you mean our home pc? Its a basic pc with Windows and a few ports and 2 cd trays. Was that what you meant? LOL Can you tell I'm not technology savvy? LOL
Thanks.

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Did you try the Flip?
Nov 12, 2010 1:51AM PST
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Flip
Nov 12, 2010 3:15AM PST

I have the Mino I think, it was a gift but don't much care for it. I like to be able to zoom in on say wrestling events and baseball games so I prefer a more traditional camcorder. My friend has a JVC handheld one she got last year, very basic but I really liked it. It zoomed in very closely and it was super clear on the lcd screen. It was about $270 or so or even less.

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At 270, not a bad deal.
Nov 13, 2010 4:24AM PST

Why not another one?

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At 270, not a bad deal.
Nov 15, 2010 11:13PM PST

Why not another one of what?
LOL

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You wrote it.
Nov 17, 2010 9:07AM PST

"My friend has a JVC handheld one she got last year, very basic but I really liked it. It zoomed in very closely and it was super clear on the lcd screen. It was about $270 or so or even less."

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At 270, not a bad deal.
Nov 17, 2010 10:18PM PST

Oh, I see. Well, I thought I might check here first to see if anyone had any other options I might be interested in.