This just proves me right again in not buying Sony products any more. My camcorder was the last one and even when I bought it right after christmas I felt that it wasnt a good idea stuffing my money into Sony's throat. But I was too lazy to research more on good DV camcorders (and didnt find any good info sources anyway) and even got a bad one from Canon before the salesman recommended me the Sony. Sony was once a great company but since the MD incident (and maybe even sooner) they are just another money sucking, corrupt, ignorant and arrogant company. I would rather buy an xbox 2 than an ps3 too.