<p>I've been thinking long and hard about this. Of course, next year I'll (hopefully) be pursuing a BFA in Musical Theater and I thought that a camcorder would be a handy and convenient thing to have to record recitals and just to screw around with. However I don't know which camera, or even type of camera, would be best fit for my needs. </p>
<p>I need something rather cheap. I don't want to go much, if any, over $200.</p>
<p>I need something with good sound so that you can distictly hear the singers/musicians</p>
<p>I need something that quickly and easily puts the video + audio on the computer</p>
<p>And I need something that will take the beating that a college kid will let out.</p>
<p>My family has a MiniDV camcorder that takes really good video and audio, but I HATE that you have to play the video back in real time to put it on the computer. Whenever they record a play or anything of the sort, it takes 3 hours to put it on the computer and another hour and a half to edit and export it. So if there was something that you can just plug in or something like you do with a digital camera, then just copy and paste them onto the computer, that would be ideal.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the help!
Robert</p>