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Camcorders For Graduation: Capturing The Angst Of The Newly Educated In Stunning High-Def

Digital Cameras & Camcorders | Apr 30, 08

The degree recipients of this year's graduation season enter a shaky economy in an unsettled, violent world – how 'bout recording those first hesitant steps with the latest in HD camcorder technology?
There's been a bit of price relief among the top camcorder models listed on this site, though we've also seen recent price hikes (some other tech categories have shown fairly firm pricing of late; see "Flat-Screen Prices Still, Well, Flat; Some Even Rise, "Digital Cameras Capture Picture Of Emerging Inflation?") For example, since the end of January the Sony HDR-SR11 High Definition Handycam Camcorder with 60GB Hard Disk has dropped from $1,200 to a lowest price of about $1,050 among vendors on this site, though the lowest offered price has risen from as little as $900 in recent days.
Time Period: 1/28/2008 through 4/28/2008
Each tick mark represents one week
Red = High Price, Blue = Average Price, Green = Low Price

Similarly, Canon’s VIXIA HV20 high-def miniDV Camcorder has fallen from around $1,100 last February to south of $800 right now, though it also has risen from under $600 recently.
Time Period: 2/5/2007 through 4/28/2008
Each tick mark represents one week
Red = High Price, Blue = Average Price, Green = Low Price

So while camcorder prices have fallen over the last year, there are signs of price stabilization and even some price increases, as you can see from PriceSCAN's High Definition Digital Camcorder Index. Whether inflation will continue to reverse prior price drops is hard to predict, but after what you may have dropped on tuition, you might consider locking in some high-def savings while you can.