Hitachi DZ-MV580A

Pros: Great quality, small, stylish, DVD-RAM

Cons: Caddy is a small pain

The Bottom Line: If you're looking for a small, stylish DVD cam, look no further.

Review: My wife and I were going to take our first vacation in a long while. We decided to go to the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee and I didn't want to forget this trip so we decided to buy a DVD camcorder. After researching numerous camcorders including ...

Pros: Great Images, straight forward operation, very comfortable to use,direct to DVD recording

Cons: Software won't support mini DVD-R or combining two discs to one DVD on computer

The Bottom Line: Buy. DVD Quality is great. Cheaper than equivalent Panasonic V70 and better images than Hitachi 550A or Panasonic V50. Sony's out because must record stills to DVD. Software NG.

Review: Getting ready for an eight day cruise to the Mexican Riviera to celebrate my wife's birthday, we decided our old camcorder had seen better days. Technology had passed us by. Way by! I was taking our Sony digital camera and my Nikon F3 for serious ...

Pros: The DVD media, and this camera in particular, ROCKS in my opinion.

Cons: The stinking cradles that hold the media.

The Bottom Line: Best video camera available right now for the DVD 3" disk format, and not too high a price for a quality unit.

Review: All you can say about this one is, WOW! It simply blows the doors off any of the DVD media type recorders offered by Sony right now. The still photos are not as high a resolution as a current model digital still camera offers, but more than good ...

Pros: Excellent Picture quality, low light performance. Good Camcorder

Cons: Ridiculous limitations of burning onto permanent DVD-R

Review: Hitachi DZ-MV580A technically is a fine product. Ability to record onto DVD-R is a major problem. Good picture quality, very good low light performance. Easy to use, concept of DVD being finished product the reason I bought it, but Hitachi says Maxell ...