>From what I've heard, they quit making the Sony Media Converters as all their new camcorders will do the same function, and they would rather sell a camcorder. Sound familiar? The Canopus supposedly uses the best codec resulting in higher quality. I have one (a standalone) and am happy with it. Rick >> Sony was discontinued because the audio drifts out of synch after a >> few minutes of transfer. > > I would have to take issue with that. I use a Sony Media Converter > every day. > It does not drift at all. Some of my captures are 30 minutes. No > drift. No synch probs. > Jim