Holiday Gear Guide: Great Gear Under $50

Part one of Macworld's 2009 Holiday Gear Guide looks at affordable gifts under $50.

Get the most for your gear-buying dollarAs part of our annual Gear Guide, we've rounded up some tips to help you get the most out of your gift-buying dollar this holiday season.
Slideshow: Camcorders for the holidaysA look at HD camcorders for the holiday shopping season.

Slideshow: Camcorders for the holidays A look at HD camcorders for the holiday shopping season.
Review: Sony Handycam HDR-XR520V HD camcorder Sony’s Handycam HDR-XR520V is a monster when it comes to storage capacity, with a 240GB hard drive.
Review: Sony Handycam HDR-CX520V HD camcorder China has ordered Google to suspend its foreign Web site search service after warning that the company's filtering of pornography was too weak.
Review: Memorex MCC225 MyVideo HD pocket camcorder The MyVideo is purely a budget buy, but a solid one. Its looks and build quality may not be something you can fall in love with, but it shoots good enough video in bright light to make it a decent value for the $130 price.
Review: Panasonic HDC-HS300 HD camcorder Panasonic’s HDC-HS300 is capable of extraordinary video quality and offer a good range of manual options, with manual lens ring controls that are as easy to use as they are capable.

Full-sized HD camcorders buying guide How to choose the right HD camcorder? We’ve got some shopping tips if you’re in the market for one this holiday season. And we’ve got a few camcorder recommendations based on what we’ve reviewed over the past year.
Pocket HD camcorders buying guide The pocket camcorder may be the hottest holiday gift this year. To help you make a decision, here are some of our top-rated pocket camcorders from the products we’ve reviewed.
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Make your iPhone video pop How to shoot crisp and colorful video on your iPhone without the typical jerky-camera look.
Head to Head: iPod nano vs. pocket camcorders How well does the new iPod nano's video camera compare to a standard-definition pocket camcorder? Take a look at samples that PC World shot with a nano, a Flip Mino, an iPhone 3GS, and a Kodak Zi8.