New Technology 4 U

THE GOOD
Simple operation; records to DVDs or Memory Stick flash media.

THE BAD
Soft video; noticeable purple fringing on subjects; DVDs not ideal storage medium.

THE BOTTOM LINE
The Sony Handycam DCR-DVD650 offers an all-in-one, on-the-go way to capture standard-def video and burn it to a DVD, but hard-disk-drive and flash-memory models are otherwise a better option.