Camcorder help,which of the two...

[harish_21_10]

HI guys,i am in US right now and planning on buying a camcorder and have come down to two models:
SONY DCR SR200
JVC GZ MG555

Help me with them guys and its pretty urgent.And they both costing me the same price of about $600

[freshseasons]

Dont even think. Get Sony DCR SR200. It way better than JVC.

[mustang]

I prefer to sony Dcr SR200,bcoz sony counts in good quality branded.

[janitha]

By all means opt for Sony.

[digiFriend]

"Sony DCR-DVD408 DVD Handycam " best buy in "PC World July 2007"
price $630.
if you read this magazine, it would be helpful.

[harish_21_10]

Originally Posted by digiFriend

"Sony DCR-DVD408 DVD Handycam " best buy in "PC World July 2007"
price $630.
if you read this magazine, it would be helpful.

But thats DVD based i need hard drive based.

Tell me one thing,will 5mp(JVC model) make lot of difference compared to 2mp(Sony model) for a camcorder?and also the JVC model has an light for video which Sony doesnt...more advices please

[janitha]

Originally Posted by harish_21_10

But thats DVD based i need hard drive based.

Tell me one thing,will 5mp(JVC model) make lot of difference compared to 2mp(Sony model) for a camcorder?and also the JVC model has an light for video which Sony doesnt...more advices please

Most likely, in case of a camcorder more MP will give relatively better stills and that is all, but for stills even a cheap digicam will give better results. Optional light can be attached to the Sony.

[digiFriend]

"PC World July 2007" have given advantage for better movie quality on DVD base camcorder than hard drive base. both has their own advantage / disadvantage. if you read the magazine, it might be helpful as it have compared all recent camcorder harddisk/dvd/sdram base, there pros/cons.

(note:i am having JVC GZ-MG37U harddisk base, and the inbuilt led light of it is not powerful, so only useful for close up shotting. so don't give led light much importance.
my another sony camcorder base on MINI 8mm tape give great result, as it can externally attach light focus on it top. generally without light focus, indoor videos looks dark in camcorder.)