Tape vs Digital Camcorders

Michael,

I think having the available memory is a big plus for the RCA.

It is surprising how fast you can shoot 60 minutes worth of clips. And the size of those one minute clips adds up at about 100 MG per minute.

For short clips taken within access to your PC and/or that are going straight to Youtube, the extra memory doesn't really matter. Because those larger .AVI files will be condensed to much smaller Flash files. And you can readily upload and store those clips at Box.net.

However, if you are shooting away from your PC and/or you want to get the highest resolution you can to maybe put to DVD, having the option to drop another 2GB or 4GB SD card is the way to go (with prices at roughly US$15 & US$25).

Running out of memory never seems to happen at a good time. And between my partner and I we're starting to rack up quite a few free Box.net and Orbitfiles accounts (shhh...quiet please)

Incidently, I prefer Box to Orbifiles and others because you can batch upload files versus selecting one at a time.

One other interesting feature that I don't have a VCR to experiment with and can't confirm but wanted to mention. I don't see any reason why you couldn't record your digital camcorder files to VCR. Which could be useful at times. Maybe Phil could put on his magic hat and find a link to that info?

Also, here's two very informative product reviews from the pros:

http://shopper.cnet.com/digital-camc...-32445372.html

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/e...orders_rca.htm

Cheers,

Rod