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    Analog camcorders: Almost retro  Jun 17, 2009
    About 10 years ago, digital camcorders, primarily using the even smaller MiniDV cassette format, came onto the market and they began to replace analog models ... Modern tape formats, primarily MiniDV, are much smaller the size of a small stack of business cards ... A tape cassette might be analog (like VHS) or it could be digital (MiniDV). (MSNBC -- Technology)

    Ultra Slim Pink EeePC S101H  Mar 25, 2009
    Wed 25 Mar: HDV is a high definition video recording format using MPEG2 compression on DV or miniDV tapes. Wed 25 Mar: ASUS and Intel are giving you the chance to WIN a NEW all-in-one Touchscreen PC, the Eee Top, valued at $1299. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    The Solid State Revolution  Mar 17, 2009
    "We're not going to make it anymore. The format is going away completely." Indeed, in the last two years, Canon's tape-based MiniDV video camera, once its No. 1 format, has fallen from 64% of sales to 14%, while solid-state or flash-memory camcorders have shot from 1% to 10% in the past nine months alone. The company projects a nearly complete changeover to solid state within the next two years. (FastCompany)




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