If you are only looking to copy to disc (I presume DVD?) then I was going to suggest a mini dvd camcorder but as you want to do an hour long recording and maybe a few recordings each day, then I would suggest a hard disk camcorder. You won't have to buy tapes or discs as the internal hard disc does all the recording for you. Having said that, you will have to keep an eye on how much time is left on the disc and will have to copy the video either onto a laptop or desktop computer (using a USB cable) at some stage in order to free up more space on the camcorders hard disk.

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