After about six months, the Sony DCR-DVD308 would begin to not recognize some brand new discs. Then, on discs it did recognize, it would start to show an error message that says "Movie Recording Disabled" after you've recorded on the disc. Once this happens, you have lost all the recorded video on the disc, and the camera no longer recognizes the disc. This happens now about 75% of the time. Sony would not do anything for me because their warrenty only covers the first three months, which is a joke.