That's actulaly how it is, I bought mine (the 90E) because tests with a dvd version gave me crap, to much prebuffering, compressing...the result makes you cry.
If you're useing handy's, stick witch DV.
GRTZ
p.s : I bought myself a waterproof enclosure for my cam, I don't have that many camera's to spare so I've kept it on the safe side , anyway thanx for your replies.