Title: Worked great for a year
Product review: Bought it in Jan '03, never really used it much until the last 4-5 months as I began filming some autocrosses and car races. Got about 4 hours of tape recorded and then one day on the way to the biggest race of the year, all newly recorded video is scrambled. Playback is ok on previously recorded tapes, but no matter what, it will not record on any type of tape I use (Fuji, Sony, or Panasonic). Looks similar to what a satelite TV looks like when its loosing signal.And the highlight to this is it only comes with a one year warranty, so who knows how much its going to now cost me to fix it. I may just eat the cost and buy a different one.Image quality was decent, sound was great, never had a problem with jammed tapes, battery life [needs improvement], firewire capability was flawless, but the horrible reliability is just not worth it. I wish I had spent the extra money and bought something I could trust.
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