Apologies if i missed the point of your question before.

I have a Sony DCRTRV33E which I am very pleased with. As far as i can gather, others on this forum use a 33 too and they seem to have a pretty decent reputation as a high end, entry level MiniDV camcorder.

However, I'm new to this game myself and have only had my 33 for a matter of a few weeks so I'm hardly an officiando on the subject.

Persoanlly, I'm happy to recommend my Sony 33 to others. I'm particularly impressed with the widescreen mode.

Alan