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Cameras and camcorders for Mother's Day

Why give mum a bunch of flowers that will wilt, when you can give her one of these cameras or camcorders for memories that she can cherish for years to come.

Camcorder formats: which one is best?

Prospective camcorder buyers are faced with a choice of four types of camcorder recording media: hard disk, flash memory, MiniDV/HDV tapes, or mini-DVD. We run through the pros and cons of all four formats to make your purchasing journey a little less like a trip through Dante's nine circles of hell.

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Reviews

  • Canon DC230

    It doesn't have a lot of bells or whistles, but the Canon DC230's long lens and solid video quality makes it stand out a little from other inexpensive DVD camcorders.

  • Hitachi DZ-GX5060SW

    Hitachi's entry-level DZ-GX5060SW doesn't offer anything truly exciting in the DVD camcorder market - except the low asking price. If you can live with the old axiom about getting what you pay for, then it's a decent buy.

  • Canon DC220

    A simple DVD camcorder with decent performance and image quality, the DC220 won't blow you away but neither will it let you down.

  • Sony Handycam HDR-SR1

    A very attractive high-end consumer camcorder, this is easy to use out-of-the-box, offering great features even if video quality could be better.

  • Archos Gmini 400

    Vastly portable and filled to the brim with features, the Archos Gmini 400's essential missing ingredient is its lack of MTP and Janus support.

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  • Sony's 2008 Handycams are flash

    Sony's rejigged 2008 camcorder line-up has more cameras than are in attendance for a Paris "oops I've slipped over, how silly of me" Hilton event. We give you a run down of each new model to help you sort the wheat from the chaff.

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