Can someone give me a quick summary of what pieces of software (<$100 preferably) are available for doing HDV editing? Biggest requirement would be to not have to decompress and recompress just to do an edit.

Do any HDV camcorders come with decent editing software?

Thanks,

Andy K.

Ulead Videostudio 10+ might work for you - you can download a free 30 day trial from their website. It has a proxy feature that creates a low res copy to speed up editing and the makes the final changes to the original capture.

Thanks, I'll take a look. Is the trial full-featured or does it have limitations?

Full featured.