I'm thinking of buying a camcorder, but felt totally confused after seeing so many models and a wide range of price tags! Over a month I'm unable to find out which model should be best buy!

I can't understand why analog models are so cheaper comapred to digital models.
Which model should I buy - analog or digital?
What are Hi8mm, VHS, MiniDV etc.? What is best? Why?

How do I distribute my movies to my friends? Do I always have to carry the camcorder to their homes and attach it to TVs? Or I can give them the output in VCDs? What if I don't want to give them in VHS cassettes?

How many hours of video I can store in a disk (Hi8mm,MiniDV etc.)?

Some camcorders boast of supporting MPEG movie mode? How am I going to get any benefit for that?


Can you please help me?

Lots of thanks!