Today's Best Camcorder Deals At eBayOctober 2020

We currently list 174 camcorders ranging from $26 to $7,549. On average, a new video camera costs $950 and 80% of video cameras are priced between $57 and $2,490. The Vivitar DVR794HD is the cheapest video camera at only $26, and Sony PXWX200 is the most expensive at $7,549.

We have checked 296 expert reviews and 1,715 user reviews for camcorders and used these reviews to determine the average rating for each brand of camcorder. The top rated video camera brand is Sony with an average rating of 83%. The second best brand is Canon with 73% and the third best brand is JVC with 66%.

Read more in our article what are the best Camcorder brands?

We found 104 current offers for video cameras from eBay making it the biggest camcorder retailer. That is slightly bigger than the second biggest retailer, Walmart for whom we found 95 current offers for video cameras. The third biggest retailer is Adorama with 89 current camcorder offers.

The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying video cameras. For each retailer it shows the total number of video cameras where they currently have a market leading price. The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying video cameras. For each retailer we took all of their prices and looked at what proportion of those prices where the cheapest on the market. The cheapest retailer that we found was eBay. 74 of their camcorder prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.

Assessing how cheap each retailer is for video cameras by counting the number of cheapest prices for that retailer, makes the retailers that offer the greatest number of video camera prices more likely to offer the greatest number of cheapest prices. The chart below considers the proportion of each retailer's video camera prices that are the cheapest compared to other retailers. The cheapest retailer that we found using this approach was eBay. 71.2% of their video camera prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.

On average camcorders drop in price by 5% in the first 6 months after release.

If you are prepared to wait then you could save an average of $46 on a typical $950 new camcorder by waiting 6 months before buying.

Read more in our article How quickly do Camcorders drop in price?

Over the last 3 years we couldn't see any prominent pattern in the release month for new camcorders. In July 2019, four new video cameras were released making it the biggest month that year for new camcorder releases. The biggest month in 2018 for new video camera releases was April, with six new camcorders released that month. In 2017 most new video cameras were released in January, with 12 new video cameras released that month.

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