On Fri, 2 Feb 2001 23:48:58 -0500, "hugo" wrote:

>Where can I view a sample of XL-1 results.

You can find critical reviews of several Mini-DV
camcorders (with frame-grabs, motion-video
descriptions, and sound descriptions) at:
www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder-comparison.htm
BTW, it takes too much band-width to put full-res.
Mini-DV video on the 'net. I offered at one time
to put a few seconds each of some of the original
camcorder comparison clips on a CD using the Raptor
DV-codec (which can be downloaded from the Canopus
site for read-only), but there was little interest.
I was surprised, since for (relatively...) modest
cost, one could have direct comparison footage of
the sound and picture of several of the most popular
3-chippers shot under the same set of different
conditions. I guess people would rather talk about
it than see/hear for themselves...;-) So, use
the reviews, where I tried to show (with frame-grabs
and with descriptions) the differences between
the various camcorders' outputs.