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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
DVD camcorders don't generally record to a full size DVD, but instead a smaller sized DVD, informally called miniDVDs. I have both MiniDV and miniDVD. Atticus is right, downloading from tape is really time consuming. 1 Hour of tape? Almost 1 hour to download, as it transfers at real time. Yeah, you could just dl the parts you want, but why wouldn't you want to dump all of it and edit it on your computer. Why limit the content you can use?
DVD is not as good quality, but if you're not Fellini and are just doing family videos, who cares. Master the dvd in the camera, stick it in your computer. Bam. It's on the hard drive, ready for editing.
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Wasn't aware of the miniDVD.
But don't much care about the transfer speed, since it's something I can do while doing other things. "Set it and forget it!"
Also, using a DVD cam doesn't work with iMovie (unless they've changed) because of the way DVDs are encoded (it's the end encoding).
That said, if you're never going to bother editing, then a DVD cam probably is a good choice. If you are, I would stick with miniDV, which is basically the industry standard.
ETA: Google provides this stream of thoughts:
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