I've never used a Digital 8 camcorder so I can't comment on them and they appear to have disappeared off the face of the earth. No one seems to be selling them anymore. My own opinion on whether a DVD made from material off one make of camcorder is better or worse than material from another make of camcorder is... a DVD will look like a DVD regardless of what it was shot on. Maybe Hi Def is better , I don't know, perhaps the Hi Def users on the forum can confirm or deny this. You also say you wish to edit your videos, and I am saying if you want peace and calmness to reign in your life, then don't buy a Mini DVD or HD (hard disk) camcorder, get a Mini DV one instead.

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