Purchased a Sony DCR-TRV120 about four years ago. Works great! No problems at all. Most use has been in converting VHS tapes to video DVD-ROM and recording television programs for transfer to video DVD-ROM. Good lens - good zoom - stable platform - good color quality. Sadly, no longer available. It has a great infrared feature that was disabled in subsequent models. During dancing at a wedding reception when the room was darkened, you could see the "undies" of several of the young women. It is a fulfillment of what those X-Ray vision glasses that were sold in the old comic books. Considered getting a newer model, but after comparison, the old models are better. If I needed another one, I would search eBay for one of the older models.