On 25 Apr 2003 01:40:54 -0700, dejen321@yahoo.com (jend) wrote:

 

>A)  TRV950

>B)  TRV900

>C)  VX2000

>I can find all these brand new and around the same price.  I prefer

>the TRV 900

>personally because it is the best p/p (price to performance) IMO.

 

If the prices were not "around the same price", this would

be true...

 

>Plus,

>its alot smaller, looks better IMO and thus easier to handle(these are

>very important factors than the better quality of VX2000), however the

>concern is that its been discontinued for a while now.   (BTW, i don't

>care about the stills)

 

If it is "new", and checks out well, it should not matter

much how old it is, except possibly for repairs a few years

from now...

 

>So if i go ahead and buy TRV 900,  is this a big mistake because with

>similar amount of money i can get VX2000 (too big) or TRV950 (less

>quality) but

>I just really want the TRV 900 even though its an old model.

 

Then get the TRV900 - it is an excellent model (with some

quirks), with the VX2000 image and sound (with the built-in

mic) better (but the 2000 is more awkward to use casually),

and with the TRV950 image in good light also better (but

the 950 has very limited low-light range compared with the

other two, and may not be suitable for some of your

purposes). Maybe you can get a better "deal" on the 900,

since it is long discontinued...?

 

>do you think i should get TRV900 while its still around or get the trv

>950 or vx2000 or wait for maybe new models coming up ?

 

I can't see any point in waiting - there can be only minor

improvements (if any) in the basic performance of the gear

relative to the 2000, given the limitations of the medium.

Only features might change - though mebbe Sony will "see

the light" and again make a good compact 3-chipper that is

good in low light...;-).

 

>ps: the purpose of the DV cam are 1) wedding 2) honeymoon 3) kids,

>pets etc..

>-- a confused shopper

 

You do not appear to be confused about the issues, but have

just not made up your mind based on them (though you appear

to be close...;-).