If you want your film to look good in front of an audience of thousands, these are the cameras you should be using.

Huge storage for the money, but quality can’t match the more expensive models in this group

A capable cam that'll take the knocks and matches it rival, the Panasonic HDC-SD1. It can’t quite better Canon’s HV20 on sheer performance though

Blu-ray and HD DVD players will come out fighting this year. We reveal which format is best placed to be DVD’s successor.

Pocket-sized digital camcorders are becoming more capable all the time. We round up ten of the best

At first glance the JVC GR-D230 looks very much like one of the DVD-R/RW cameras. But it's the stylish design and disc like LCD screen that leads you astray and it is in fact another of the Mini DV tape cameras with the cassette cleverly concealed.

Impressive optical quality and storage space, though a touch expensive

A great next-generation camcorder, but it lacks editing support for the recording format

Plasma screens losing market share to technology rivals.

Microsoft has four key 'visions' for Pocket PC 2003 (PPC 2003): make it easier for manufacturers to innovate, improve the 'wireless experience', bring easy instant messaging to the PDA, and expand the 'media experience'.

Support for latest video formats and a batch-media encoder, but supporting apps have seen little upgrading.