Just linking an article from good ol' NY Times, about the new lines of camcorders popping up that record directly to DVD.
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As an aside, I had someone give me a DVD from such a camcorder to edit last week. They forgot to "finalise" the disc before getting it to me... and as such it is totally unreadable. Big hassle.
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These machines don't deliver the features, the flexibility or even the video quality you get from a MiniDV camcorder.
As an aside, I had someone give me a DVD from such a camcorder to edit last week. They forgot to "finalise" the disc before getting it to me... and as such it is totally unreadable. Big hassle.