1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful: A great deck and a great value, 2008-05-21 Considering how expensive professional equipment can be over the same thing for consumers, this deck is VERY well priced. I have had mine for over a year. It is quiet. Reliable. Very fast rewind and fastforward. I sometimes get DVCAM tape in PAL format and it is an easy flick of the switch to capture PAL onto my computer from it. Then switch back to ntsc for the next. The ability to use MiniDV and full size DVCAM tape in the same deck is a big plus too. With the foot for using it on it's side, it takes up very little desk space too. I highly recommend this deck to pro-am and professional video editors.