Recording HiDef in Hard Disk(HDD) vs MiniDV cassette ?

Hi

I am planning to buy a sony HiDef camcorder as I thinking thats the latest technology.

There are options of using the HDD(hard disk drive) as the recording media or a MiniDV cassette.

Can some experts tell me which would me better.

1. If the Hard disk after I transfer to my personal hard drive fails then
we might loose everything ? as opposed to the MiniDVM cassette, where atleast we can save them.

2. Does the HiDef recording good o n Hard Disk or MiniDVM cassette ?
or it does not matter ?


Thanks in advance

You might read the Recording Formats and Media portion of this:

A Beginners Guide to High Definition Video
Formats, Specs and Types for Shooting, Editing and Watching
By Mike Jones 04/13/07
http://hd.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=127704


Rich

Thanks I will check it out