of kids want an iPad
The Nielsen Company presented a cadre of individuals with a list of nice, shiny gadgets and let them cross off anything and everything they'd like to buy in the next six months, and 31 percent of kids 6-12 picked the iPad as one of them.
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I've got a DCR-SR80 and love it so far. My last Sony camcorder (8 mm, digital) died due to a problem with the tape loading mechanism. This is the weakest link with tape camcorders and I didn’t want to have to deal with this problem again. The HD camcorder does away with this moving parts weak link and replaces it with proven HD technology which is a much more reliable weak link.
The next technology wave will be flash memory units with absolutely no moving parts (except switches and lenses) and removable media to eliminate the possibility being stuck after filling the HD (unlikely) while away from a PC to download video to. My kids have “Video Now” video cameras that do just this but the video resolution leaves a lot to be desired. The fact this can done at all and for only $60 is amazing.
With advances in mass storage and video compression technology storing raw video and audio on computer hard drives is dirt cheap and becoming cheaper all the time.