Sony Handycam DCR-TRV18 camcorder

"If you're like me and want to make lots of quality home movies and still skip the costs of burning DVDs, a good choice is to store your movies on regular CDs as SVCD..."

"I would not recommend either, since the still pictures are very poor(680k pixel), and 8MB memory stick is not going to capture any long movie either..."

"Even though we were mostly the same distance away, my camera picked up better..."

"Excellent picture quality, price, USB, MemoryStick, features, value, looks Standard battery life Summary: At less than $740, the Sony DCR-TRV18 is the least expensive MiniDV digital camcorder from Sony..."

"It no longer can be recognized Summary: perfect camcorder for private and semi prof..."

"use! very good picture quality and sound quality! ver Summary: If you are looking for..."

"But all in all you get what you pay for- some nice additions are the headphones AND microphone jacks, IEEE 1394 and USB, memory stick capability, MPEG recording, and even USB streaming! It's a good piece of equipment- I'm happy with it..."

"Even though we were mostly the same distance away, my camera picked up better quality, denser, and overall more dynamic sound than the Cannon, which I had..."