On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:00:34 -0400, "ChrisA" wrote:

>I am extremely dissapointed in one feature I have always had on every
>camcorder I have owned. I have always been able to put the date/time in the
>video for display when playing it back so people that watch the video can
>see when it was taken. Why would Sony not include this function in their DV
>camcorder?
>
>I don't get it?

Yup! Ready to feel really dumb? ;-)
(BTW, I hate reading manuals, too...;-)
Just click "Data" on the remote, and,
voila!, the date appears, and it can
be copied to VHS copies if left on the
screen... But wait, there's more!
Press "Data" twice, and you also get
the shooting data, like white balance,
exposure, etc.! Nifty, huh? ;-)