HD camcorders: How to buy the best digital camcorder

What's in this guide

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

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

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

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

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

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