Article: Digital Video Prices Finally Find `Sweet Spot' at Las Vegas Electronics Show.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Jan. 14--Digital video will finally reach ordinary consumers this year, with the price of digital video camcorders dropping into the "sweet spot" range of $500 to $700.

The impact of digital video reverberated through the Consumer Electronics Show, central to everything from satellite television and high-definition TV sets to hard-disk video recorders and inexpensive DVD players.

Camcorders are part of that revolution. The high-quality, computer-friendly digital video (DV) format makes it possible for anyone to create near-broadcast-quality productions at home. But DV camcorders, except for end-of-model-year close-out sales, have been too expensive, ...

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