On Sun, 3 Feb 2002 10:20:11 +0800, "Gary PoIIard" wrote:

>"Vid Pro Joe" wrote in message
>news:ix%68.448$uo1.87851069@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com...
>> The thing to keep in mind is the size of the chips:
>> The DV 500 has 1/2" CCD's but the DSR's are 2/3"
>
>It seems to me the MAIN thing to keep in mind is the quality of the picture.
>And strangely enough many reviews have found they get better pictures with
>the DSR-150 (and 250) than the DV500. Smaller chips, but newer technology.
>Price is worth considering too unless money is no object..

It is likely that the pictures of both the
VX2000/PD150/DSR250 and the DV500 are comparable
both in quality, and low-light range - and both are
a step above the XL-1 (in color-depth, resolution,
picture-smoothness, and low-light-range). The
differences arise in handling/control (and in
image quality if a better lens is added to the
DV500). The Sony offers the fold-out screen VF,
relatively excellent automatic controls, and
relatively poor manual controls; the JVC offers
lens interchangeability, relatively poor automatic
controls, and relatively excellent manual controls
(including additional picture controls). It comes
down to preferences in control types, desire for
a stabilizer or not, and shoulder-mount or not,
mostly...;-)