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Choosing a camcorder

HD camcorders: How to buy the best digital camcorder

  • How to choose the right camcorder for you
  • What features to look for
  • How much a standard-definition, high-definition or pocket camcorder might cost
  • What different recording formats there are

What's in this guide

Choosing the best digital camcorder

Here are some of the main questions to think about if you are going to buy a digital camcorder

Buying a standard-definition camcorder

There are plenty of reasons to think about buying a standard-definition camcorder, including cost

Buying an HD camcorder

If you’re looking to record your home movies in the best possible quality, then there really is no substitute for an HD camcorder

Buying a pocket camcorder

Pocket camcorders such as the Flip Mino make it simple to record and upload videos to websites such as YouTube and Facebook

Digital camcorder features to look out for

We take a look at some of the extra camcorder features including optical zoom, image stabilisation, external microphones and viewfinders

Choosing a digital camcorder recording format

We help you decide if a Mini-DV, DVD, hard drive disk or memory card camcorder is best for you