<p>We’re getting a new grandchild so I want to buy my husband a camcorder for Christmas since he’s infamous for recording the kids when they were little. Much has changed since then so I need a quick summary of what I should look for.</p>
<p>I don’t want a really expensive one because he tends to lose or break things and because technology changes so fast I don’t need this to last until our great grandchildren. Just something decent and relatively easy to use. I’ve checked amaczon and costco and there are way too many choices.</p>
<p>What do they even record on these days? We saved ours to VHS. I’m assuming that’s out 
I would like to be able to save them on cds that are easily played and copies and to be able to send links to friends and family. Am I dreaming?</p>
<p>There’s one on sale at Costco today which seems to be a really, really good price. I’m sure you guys will be able to quickly tell me what’s wrong with it:</p>
<p>[Canon</a> HF R400 HD Camcorder Bundle](<a href=“http://www.costco.com/Canon-HF-R400-HD-Camcorder-Bundle.product.100042449.html]Canon”>http://www.costco.com/Canon-HF-R400-HD-Camcorder-Bundle.product.100042449.html)</p>
<p>There’s also a Sony HDR CX380 on sale there for $319 but for some reason I can’t copy and paste that one. How much better is it and why?</p>