Reviews for Digital Camcorders?

bluprint asks: "I've been looking for information regarding digital camcorders. Googling for 'digital camcorder reviews' (and other variations) of course brings up tons of results, but I thought I would get input from the slashdot crowd. Does Slashdot have any suggestions on these camcorders considering price, features and quality? I plan to use it for my summer vacation, but also intend to keep it for many years (possibly even after I have kids, in a couple years), so I'm willing to spend a little more for something high quality, which uses media that will be around for a while. I'm not interested in fancy/artistic things like video editing on my computer, I just want high quality video, preferably keeping it under $1000. Are there suggestions on where to read some thorough, quality reviews of different products, and maybe even educate myself about what to look for in a digital camcorder?"

Comments

Capture analog, convert to digital?

[girgit]

A followup question: Does it make sense to capture analog (Hi8) and then convert to digital? Is that better value for money? Some digital midrange camera I saw (can recall the brandname) was rather slow at auto-focus etc.

Reviews on Polka Dotted Cell Phone Chargers?

[clausiam]

Not really...just wondering how a request on camcorders made it to the front page of /.

/Claus

.torrents

[i_am_syco]

Ask the people who record all the movies and upload them on BitTorrent.

Re:LUX Rating

[ryanjensen]

Wow, kids and technology these days. Cub scouts? The poster must be, what, between 7-10? Not only can he work a DV camera and edit home movies, but he has such nice grammar!