My dad just bought..

[MrCodeDude]

..a Canon ES8600 for $250 @ Fry's Electronics for our trip to Hawaii. I wouldn't care, because a simple search on Froogle reveals the camcorder is worth $300. The problem is that it's not digital, Hi8 or whatever.

I know I'm not going to get a *quality* digital camcorder in the $250-$500 range, but I have two questions.

1. Is there a better Hi8mm Camcorder available for around the same price?
2. Is it worth it to keep the Hi-8mm camcorder or to splooge and get a Digital Camcorder?

 

[MrCodeDude]

Bump because I have tomorrow and Sunday to find out the answer
-- mrcodedude

 

[guapo337]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa







































you said *splooge*

 

[mugs]

Dang it you beat me to the splooge

 

[MrCodeDude]

...

 

[RU482]

try hot deals and fatwallet, they may have some insight

 

[mugs]

To answer your question, I like the Sony Digital-8 cameras, because you can use them to transfer all of your old 8MM tapes to your computer if you want to put them on a DVD or something. It uses 8MM tapes, but records in DV format.

 

[AnyMal]

or try ebay.. i bought like new mini dv camcorder for $220.00 shipped.

 

[MrCodeDude]

This thread isn't a Hot Deal, so I'd like to know if this is at least a decent camcorder.
-- mrcodedude

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
This thread isn't a Hot Deal, so I'd like to know if this is at least a decent camcorder.
-- mrcodedude

He meant go check out fatwallet and hot deals to find another camera.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
This thread isn't a Hot Deal, so I'd like to know if this is at least a decent camcorder.
-- mrcodedude

Oh that.. No, it's POS :Q :Q :Q :Q


































Just kidding :beer::beer: Canon makes good stuff

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

ROFL, splooge

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
This thread isn't a Hot Deal, so I'd like to know if this is at least a decent camcorder.
-- mrcodedude

He meant go check out fatwallet and hot deals to find another camera.

Yeah, but I want to know how well the ES8600 compares against all the rest.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Bump
-- mrcodedude

 

[rocadelpunk]

are you the guy who can't multiply in the hot deals forums, : P

hi8 ain't so bad, sound is worthless : \.

i like my sony though...

 

[TheNemesis]

I believe the word you're looking for is splurge, if you spooged on your camera it would probably ruin it.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
are you the guy who can't multiply in the hot deals forums, : P

hi8 ain't so bad, sound is worthless : \.

i like my sony though...

Can't multiply in Hot Deals? Nah, I couldn't multiply here It was in the guy who was selling Spoofee thread.
-- mrcodedude

 

[Jugernot]

WTF is with you guys tonight. Just answer the man's damn question!

Yes, I would SPLURGE for a digital camcorder as it's image / sound quality doesn't degrade over time. It's also better in the first palce quality wise...

Amazon has a few for just above $300. Here is a Samsung MiniDV for $349 new from Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008IO91

 

[MrCodeDude]

Thanks Jugernot.

I wonder how good the SCD23 compares against other miniDV camcorders.
-- mrcodedude