DV Panasonic MX8 - am I unlucky?

[corystes]

Had an MX8 for 3 years. Given me nothing but grief. Anyone else had problems with this beast, or am I really unlucky?

[Ian in Northampton]

Dunno about unlucky, but, if you can accurately document your woes, it might be worth contacting Panasonic about it. In 1986, I bought a Panasonic VHS camcorder. In January 2000, I found that its date/time stamp only went up to 31/12/99 - which rendered it pretty much useless for my purposes (family stuff, where the date something happened is important to record). I got in touch with Panasonic to complain and ended up doing a deal where, if I bought a new Panasonic camcorder, they'd send me a cheque for £50. Which they duly did, on production of a receipt.