From the ChuckMeister at http://www.SuperVideo.com Please NOTE this man is THE world authority on DV cameras. Reply-To: <chuckmeister at supervideo.com> We once had an old saying about 35 years ago... it is still true today... Garbage In = Garbage Out Stabilization is least of your worries if you are dealing with inferior products... and all single chip cams are basically... toys ! We will have the first 3 chip DV camcorders @ $999 arriving this summer and it won't stop there. By Christmas we ought to have High Definition for replacements of XL-1 (possibly a XL-2) the Sony VX2000 up grade VX3000 is HiDef and the there are 3 Pana's... most of these are slated for first release on or about NAB. Why would anyone bother with a 1 chip cam if he is serious about video recording that he is looking at DV and there will be sub $1500 retail choices and at least one can deep discount on the street for $999? meister k