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Title: Stay away from Canon MiniDV camcorders
Review: I had a GL2 for about one and half years, shot about 20 hours of tapes. In addition to some playback and transfer usage, it has been used no more than 60-70 hours total. I had been very happy with the video and audio quality. Then the infamous "Remove Cassette" error hit me: the rewind function no longer works and prompts "Remove Cassette" or "Eject" messages.I had a Canon ZR25MC, it failed exactly the same way a couple years ago: it refused to rewind tape and even chewed up a few tapes. Instead of paying a few hundred dollars to repair a relative cheap camcorder, I decided to upgrade to a GL2, thinking that Canon must be aware of this problem and had fixed it. Silly me.This problem is apparently not limited to GL2 and ZR models. A simple goole search will reveal that it happened to many Canon camcorders, including GL2, XM2, and ZR, Elura, MV models for the last few years.I will stay away from Canon for my next camcorder.
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