What camcorder is better, DVD, Mini DV or HD?

HD, you won't be wasting a ton of money on mini dvd's or dvd's and you can fix up the movie by connecting the camcorder to the computer, and you can do a million great things with it.

aside from that, it heats up less, takes up less battery power, AND you don't have to worry about the laser getting messed up, HD's don't have lasers!!!!!! HD for sure. With the Mini DV, the tapes only last a few years. With the DVD, after recording, you have to stay pretty still while the DVD 'initializes', so you're most likely to miss a lot of action.

With the HD, it's much easier and cheaper in the long run. HD type Camcorders is a great idea. Unfortunately they are not mainstream yet. And you have to pay a premium for them.

Also remember that with miniDV, and DVD you can always get a new player and play your movies, with HD based system if the HD goes bad you are out of luck. (Have you ever had an IPOD go bad, same story here)

I would go for DVD type right now. If you can wait 6 month, you will have a lot more options with HD Camcorders. It depends on what do yo want to do. You know, MiniDVs & DVDs are the same quality and you can recorde the same time on them too. But HD cameras are new and their technology are growing up. This cameras are expensive now, besides if you recorde in HD quality, how do you want to play it with its best quality? You have to buy a HD TV too. So don't waist your money for HD camcorders. Choose between MiniDV and DVD that i think DVDs are most relaible todays. depends on what you need. if you want to watch without editing, and are not too concerned about the best quality and dont want to burn to a disk to watch, choose dvd.