<p>Thanks for the info, BassDad, I got that impression about the Q3 from reading reviews and the info on this recorder. Oh well, I think I will wait to see if they come out with a new, improved version. </p>
<p>My S has an Olympus audio recorder which has great sound quality but he would like a 2 in 1. He has not needed video for any auditions so far but it looks like he will for upcoming summer applications and on into the future. Hopefully he will be able to manage with the recording facilities at school. He is not very tech savvy. </p>
<p>My Sony Camera takes MPEG 2 video which is not compatible with Quick Time or any of the Apple products and I would need to buy an add on program to edit the video. I would rather upgrade my video recorder. I do have a free upload to play the video files on the Mac, just can’t edit them. I will do some more investigating. </p>
<p>Any other feedback is welcome. Thanks.</p>
<p>We have the Q3, and while the video quality is not great compared to HD video cameras, it’s certainly up to par with most pre-HD cameras (our Sony is 5-6 years old), and that’s only a few years ago! The sound is amazing (same specs as H4). And you can turn OFF the video and use it as a sound recorder.</p>
<p>We plan to get the HD one when it comes out (and put this one on ebay), but in the meantime, I’ll have nice sound on recordings of both my kid’s concerts and gigs. My Sony video camera sound was the pits.</p>
<p>POTO Mum, You are correct. A regular DV records video at 480 (lines) pixels in height whereas Blu-Ray is recorded in HD at 1080 (lines) pixels in height. So if you take a HD camcorder tape (file) and put it onto a DVD the video software will down-convert the HD video to DVD quality before burning. Only higer end software will burn to Blu-Ray discs if you happen have a computer with a Blu-Ray burner. But most newer video software can keep the HD quality if you want to watch the files only on a PC.</p>