Hi - I'm a newbie to this site - so i apologies now!

Ichecked through the forum for an answer - but havnt been sucessfull - so i hope someone can help.

Last week i purchased the sony DCR HC19e after reading excellent reviews abouts it "broadcast-like" quality. I also purchased a firewire lead too as i heard this make an impact.

Its true - you do get the "broadcast-like" quality when played through the TV - but when i transfer onto the pc its more like a webcam quality. I have tried a few differnt editing software - the best one i have is Ulead VS9. Now i know for the price it wont be like somthing off BBC - but surely it should not be as poor a quality - am i doing something wrong?

My PC meets the spec required Intel Celron 2gHz 80g h/drive and 1gb of DDRam.

Any advice would truley be greatly recieved.

Thanks for reading