well, unless you want to save time in the conversion/capture process, most consumer level digital camcorders produce the same quality as(if not worse than) analog camcorders, yet cost more.
If money isn't an issue, go digital. If it is, stick with analog.
One of the things that gets me is these new DVD camcorders that are coming out. I believe they are made by Sony, but not sure. They sport VCD quality capture, but record directly on DVD?!?
Either they are burning DVD-Rom (which they don't specify) or they are burning non-standard DVD's OR they are converting crappy quality video to DVD standard (waste of processing power, and unlikely from a camera)
anyway, just my
