my warning to anyone considering a Sony camcorder; first decide if you are a PC or a MAC. I've had so many people tell me - Apple Guru's - Sony tech people, that the Sony hard drive recorder is compalible with the Mac imovie. My direct experience has found that the Sony records in mpeg while the Mac imovie needs m4p, and never the twain.... I've had to convert, at the Guru's suggestion, 4 hours of video into intensive, Handbrake conversion before I could get my audio out.

Experts have insisted, and sent articles written attesting to the fact that the two platforms are compatible. I still have over 2 hours waiting to be converted - from a 2010 vacation.

FYI

Marc