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The video quality of this unit is unexpectedly low - a little better than your computer's camera. You should rather go with an old Hi8 camera from the 90s. The quality will be better, and the capturing process will be about the same: analog to digital conversion.
In order to edit with this camera, you will need an outboard analog input card for your computer, which costs about the same as the camera.

I am extremely dissapointed with this hoax by Hitachi. I advise anyone looking for a camcorder to AVOID THIS PRODUCT AT ALL COSTS.
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