Video Camera Help

[00_Koda]

im looking to buy this camerahttp://www.radioshack.com/product/i...dsInSession=1&productId=3572892&tab=summaryis this a good buy i normal like mini dv tapes over sd cardswill it make a difference on the quality with an sd card
spark note (good buy or not a good buy

 

[miroz]

Link fail? Hope this works: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?numProdsPerPage=20&y=10&x=18&retainProdsInSession=1&productId=3572892&tab=summary

Anyways, at this point for you there are really no good/bad buys (no offense). Again, no offense, this is a soccer mom camera. My recommendation is to save your money and buy a refurbished HV20/30. Check it, some kid made a thread:

https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/465965/

http://www.samys.com/product_detail.php?item=12056

And as to the tape vs. SD card thing, it all depends on the way the camera compresses the video as it records it to the media. I didn't look at the specs closely, but I think it would be safe to assume that it would be compressed either way...just depends on how much, and I'm too lazy/tired to figure it out.

 

[family_vacation]

Definitely an HV30 if you plan on making any real edits. If you get that simple camera you would just outgrow it soon.