While there is a need, sales fell too low. Same here.
After all these years, Sony discontinued its entire line of Video8/ Hi8 and Digital 8 camcorders. As a loyal customer, I resent it. I can understand discontinuing Video 8 and Hi8 because they were analog but why was Digital 8 discontinued? The image quality of Digital8 is as good as the miniDV format and the tapes are cheaper,too. This reminds me of when Sony discontinued Betamax, but at least we were given plenty of warning so I had already switched-over to VHS. It seems that VCR's are being phased-out, too.

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