After quite a long time prevaricating, I decided to go ahead and buy the Canon HV20 video camera. It first caught my eye last year when I returned a rubbishy Sony HDD camera, and I would have expected some new model to have come in since then to sway me, but after checking the options (I'd have used Dave Fiske's camcorder comparison site if I'd known at the time) it seems that the HV20 is still one of the best in the marketplace borne out by it still being the bestseller in its class.

So at least with a decent camcorder, I can get down to creating video content to showcase products. Personally I always have a look on YouTube to see a gadget or expensive product before I buy these days. I think one of the challenges will be to move a viewer from YouTube onto my own site where the affiliate links will be.

I'm still getting a feel for the camera, but I knocked up this little video this afternoon featuring my other recent technology purchase - the Asus Eee PC.



I hadn't realised when I made the video that the MacBook Air ad is already heavily spoofed, including others with the Eee PC although I should have guessed it would be. This is the best parody I have seen...

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