Camcorder vs. Handycam

Camcordernoun

a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit

Camcorderverb

To record using a camcorder.

Camcordernoun

a portable television camera and videocassette recorder

Camcorder

A camcorder is an electronic device originally combining a video camera and a videocassette recorder. The earliest camcorders were tape-based, recording analog signals onto videotape cassettes.

Handycam

Handycam is a Sony brand used to market its camcorder range. It was launched in 1985 as the name of the first Video8 camcorder, replacing Sony's previous line of Betamax-based models, and the name was intended to emphasize the palm size nature of the camera, made possible by the new miniaturized tape format.