What is better digital cameras or pocket camcorders?

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Question by Jake: What is better digital cameras or pocket camcorders?
I am looking to buy a new digital camera or pocket camcorder to take videos of bands play at concerts(loud!). I have heard that pocket camcorders are not as good as digital cameras with zoom and quality of video. Which is better and what are some good pocket camcorders and digital cameras to look into purchasing?

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Answer by Jake
try the flip video camcorder

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Many people want to use digital cameras to shoot video, but some cameras deliver better video quality than others. Consumer reporter Chris Olsen has the best in independent testing.
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Andy on September 6th, 2010, 11:51 pm

I would suggest Canon PowerShot SD780IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD with HD movie shooting capability plus HDMI output.

ArC on September 7th, 2010, 12:31 am

Get good camera that can take video.I would suggest Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 10MP with 12x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3 inch LCD.Good zoom,good picture and good HD video
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026FCXCU?ie=UTF8&tag=computer0bd-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0026FCXCU

or another good one with cheaper price Canon PowerShot SD780IS.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fss%26field-keywords%3Dsd780%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Delectronics&tag=computer0bd-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

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