[cmartin]

I am looking to pick up a camcorder (is that still the right terminology??) for DE use. I found a thread from last summer that recomends Sony DV camera's, anything changed in the past few months? I was at Best Buy tonight and they had 2 floor models selling for $250. Each was MiniDV w/ am A/V input, one a JVC the other a Sanyo or Samsung.

The only use I see is track video, I'm single, so unless Paris wants to come over one night.... you get the idea. So, most camera's seem to be the same, save for some fancy features that dont seem important to DE use. Am I missing anything?

Also, is the software that's usually included with the camera good enough to convert for PC viewing/saving? Nothing fancy, but I would like to convert to .mpeg for sharing/posting.

Thanks for any recommendations