Today's Biggest Sony Camcorder Price DropsApril 2021

We currently list 164 video cameras ranging from $29 to $7,549. A new video camera costs on average $1,050 and 80% of camcorders are priced between $60 and $3,198. The Vivitar DVR785HD is the cheapest video camera at only $29, and Sony PXWX200 is the most expensive at $7,549.

We have evaluated 2,390 expert reviews and 18,419 user reviews for video cameras and used this data to determine the average rating for each brand of camcorder. The top three camcorder brands are Sony, Canon and Panasonic. Sony has an average rating of 85%, Canon has an average rating of 81% and Panasonic has an average rating of 70%.

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We found 105 current offers for video cameras from eBay making it the biggest video camera retailer. That is significantly bigger than the second biggest retailer, Adorama for whom we found 83 current offers for video cameras. The third biggest retailer is Overstock with 45 current video camera offers.

The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying camcorders. For each retailer it shows the total number of camcorders 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. 81 of their video camera 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. 77.1% of their camcorder prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.

In the first 6 months after release, camcorders drop in price by 6% on average.

That means a saving of $65 on a typical $1,050 new camcorder if you wait 6 months before buying.

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We couldn't see any clear trend in the release dates for new camcorders over the last 3 years. January was the biggest month in 2020 for new camcorders, with one new camcorders released that month. The biggest month in 2019 for new camcorder releases was July, with four new camcorders released that month. In 2018 most new camcorders were released in April, with six new camcorders released that month.

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