Rating : - Good MiniDV camcorder The reason I am giving only 3 stars is...refer the neagtive factors I have listed below....if you don't want that feature...this is a 5 star product for you then.
+ Good quality + easy to use + reliable + handling
- Converting the mini DV to CD (The process is very very slow and the converted DVD/Cd format takes tons of your hard drive space (like 10 GB for 1 hr of video) - Problem is you will have to convert the video to DVD or CD if you want to store it for lets say several years...like you home video....DV media is not safe to store for say couple of years...it will attract fungus and dust very quickly....and converting the video to DVD/CD format is a pain in the a$$.