Hey Skyman,

Thanks for the detailed info, much appreciated.

So, after much reading and more reading, I have come to realize that MiniDV is superior in many ways then DVD camcorders. There has been quite alot of info telling me why MiniDV is better. I guess at the end of the day, I have to find out if the following drawbacks are acceptable to me:

- maybe a lower video quality due to more compressed DVD format (maybe becasue consumer reports actually gave one of the panasonic DVD camcorders a better video quality rating)

- higher costs of DVD-RAM discs

- 30 min per DVD-RAM disc set at high quality

- DVD-RAM / DVD-R may be obsolete in a few years

- after "finalization" of DVD-RAM disc, it is NO longer writable!!! this was a first generation DVD camcorder, is this still the case?

Currently, I don't have firewire so it will be $50 to add a card.

So at this price point ($799 CDN) for this DVD camcorder, what else should I be considering?

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...3&newdeptid=14

Any more help (especailly physchological) would be appreciated!