Panasonic VDR-D100 First Impressions Camcorder Review

Media
One of the main upgrades to all Panasonic DVD camcorders this year was their ability to record onto DVD-RW discs as well as the DVD-R and DVD-RAM discs they’ve always been able to record to previously. This gives them a one-up on Sony camcorders, which can only record on DVD-R/-RW/+R. Originally, Sonys were the only DVD camcorders to record onto DVD-RW, and now Panasonic can too.

Editing
Editing on the VDR-D100, as on any DVD camcorder, isn’t the easiest thing in the world. The camcorder will most likely ship with some proprietary, rudimentary editing software, which won’t offer much. The industry is still waiting for a worthy system for these camcorders. This Panasonic doesn’t offer any nifty feature to export footage directly to DVD or anything like that, as on some Sony camcorders.