Strengths: convienence of quickly transfering video to your computer and ease of making dvds if you just want a camcorder for making web videos you may like this.

Weaknesses: video quality really sucks no other way to say it if your standing outside in the sun its almost acceptable on the highest quality setting walk into the shade or try to take an inside video forget it.

Summary: i used to have a sony digital 8 camcorder it was 10 times the camcorder this thing is. i believe the reduction in size on these new camcorders are also a large reduction in quality just like cars they make em like they used to. i wish i had my sony back. did i mention this thing does not have a viewfinder at all? just an lcd screen for a webcam it works if you want to save your memmories in decent quality go mini dv or digital 8 tape is better quality, but not as easy to use.