I bought the camcorder because of the low price. It's my first video camera and I put no great claims. The videos made have sufficient HD quality, certainly could be better, but to me it is enough. For photos taken the same is true, because it is not right schlißlich camera. The supplied software "ArcSoft TotalMedia Extreme" is used to edit the video and as a media player that can play Blu-apparently even Rays. However, I have not yet tested the player, the edit function already. And I've found that the aufegenommenen MOV videos can be converted to another format while, but no other audio / video codec can be selected. For me, this means that the videos have no sound on my TV, which really knows all common formats / Codces. However, there is enough on the Internet freeware tools that you can quite easily adjust the video to his needs. I recommend here Avidemux, which has helped me well. Therefore, there are four stars and a buy recommendation to those who like it good and cheap.