If you are interested in making home movies (which has been an American household hobby from the 50s), you will need a movie camera for your recordings. The first thing you will need to decide is between film based VHS cameras or Digital DV Cams. A Digital Video (DV) Camera is a professional piece of equipment, and may be for advanced amateurs only. Let us for this article, consider the average home user wanting to make and edit movies. For this use, one of the many handy cams on the market more than serve the purpose, some of them is in the semi professional range.
The entry of affordable DVD recorders into the electronics market is a definate sign of the fading away of VCRs. These are ideal for home use, and you can record and copy much as you would with a VCR. What most people are confused about is the difference between a DVD recorder and the DVD burner, and lets make that clear immediately. A DVD recorder is a complete usable product like the VCR, which can be used in conjunction with a TV or a Camera, whatever the application calls for. The DVD burner on the other hand, is a DVD burning drive installed in a home computer, something like a CD writer. Although both have the capability of writing DVDs, the right one for the individual’s is totally subjective to the necessity.