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Thanks for the responses to my original post. The suggestion of trying out the Sony HD700 as a miniDV tape player sounded promising until I saw the price - it's more than $1000! Contrast this with the $600 price tag on a new Canon Vixia HV40. It's beginning to look like I'm going to have to get anot...

I have a large 50+ collection of miniDV tapes filmed with a Canon Vixia HV30. The camcorder was, sadly, stolen recently in a burglary. I intend buying a replacement, but I’m faced with difficult choices that I hope fellow forum members can offer advice on: (1) It seems that the use of miniDV tapes i...