In that case, quickly find a TRV30...
Touch-screen controls are truly yucky...! ;-)
(Lotsa extra steps, either endless "beeping"
or no sound [including for record start/stop],
with menus difficult to see in daylight - this
is one of Sony's less bright ideas...

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 22:29:16 +1200, Brian wrote:

>The Sony TRV50 has replaced the Sony TRV30.
>The new TRV50 has all the TRV30 features and offers some new features
>such as touch screen focusing.

>"Moses Fridlich" wrote:
>
>>Looking to buy a mini dv camcorder. The sony trv-30 looks good. Can anyone
>>tell me why "not" to buy it and suggest what else to look at!!
>>Thanks for your suggestions.