Today's Best Camcorder Deals At eBayMay 2021

In total we found 156 video cameras ranging from $29 to $7,549. A new video camera costs on average $1,038 and 80% of video cameras are priced between $70 and $3,158. The Vivitar DVR786HD is the cheapest camcorder at only $29, and Sony PXWX200 is the most expensive at $7,549.

We have evaluated 2,429 expert reviews and 18,374 user reviews for camcorders and used these reviews to evaluate the average rating for each brand of camcorder. Sony is the top rated camcorder brand with an average rating of 85%. Canon is the second best brand with 81% and Panasonic is the third best brand with 70%.

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We found 99 current offers for video cameras from eBay making it the biggest camcorder retailer. That is significantly bigger than the second biggest retailer, Adorama for whom we found 78 current offers for video cameras. The third biggest retailer is Overstock with 45 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 camcorders. 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. 78 of their camcorder prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.

Assessing how cheap each retailer is for camcorders by counting the number of cheapest prices for that retailer, makes the retailers that offer the greatest number of camcorder prices more likely to offer the greatest number of cheapest prices. The chart below considers the proportion of each retailer's camcorder prices that are the cheapest compared to other retailers. The cheapest retailer that we found using this approach was eBay. 78.8% of their camcorder prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.

On average, in the first 6 months after release, video cameras drop in price by 4%.

That means that on a typical video camera costing $1,038 you could save on average $41 by waiting 6 months before buying.

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

We looked at the release dates for new video cameras over the last 3 years, but couldn't see any clear trend. One new video cameras were released in January 2020 making it the biggest month that year for new video camera releases. In 2019 most new video cameras were released in July, with four new video cameras released that month. The biggest month in 2018 for new camcorder releases was April, with six new video cameras released that month.

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