Summary: There really isn't much to say here that hasn't already been said. Sufficed to say, this camcorder is about the best quality you're going to get for this price range.
Summary: Videotape is essentially dead on the consumer side. MiniDV is still the single best codec available for standard definition video, though, so it's still a good idea to...
Canon ZR960 Review - Don't Buy it if you want to download video
James G. Pasden, Amazon
4 October 2010
Summary: I bought this product because I wanted to record video and use an external microphone. Unfortunately, the video can not be downloaded to several computers: Apple, Acer,...
Summary: Okay, so this is a good camera as far as capturing the footage but I too have been caught up in the Firewire dilemma. Between me and my family there are four computers.
Summary: After owning a Sony Handycam hi 8 for a number of years and the unreliability of the camcorder tape mechanism, I decided to try a flash camcorder, and a hard drive
Yes its a MinDV format, but I love it for ease of editing.
Reversemidasman, Amazon
12 February 2010
Summary: I use to have a Sony HC-42 but it jammed and choked on a MiniDV cartridge, thus I had to replace it and researched what was remaining camcorders that use the MiniDV
People are Confused about MiniDV - It is NOT obsolete
Charles Seiler, Amazon
28 November 2009
Summary: I am getting very upset because all of the people who say they have done video for 25 years should no better than to say that MiniDV is obsolete!