Video and Movie topics

Hi, We've had this camcorder about 4-5 years and recently the tape wouldn't pop out when I tried to eject it.  It tries to eject the tape and the arm does move the tape out, but it doesn't pop up and then it ...

Well, I still haven't bought my first video camera- I can't decide if I should start off with a basic model to find out what I really need- or go for a better quality camera, as I did when I bought my Nikon F100 35 mm a ...