YES! It's the most affordable of the SONY VTRs. I just got one about a month ago. What a timesaver. It's S-VHS cabled to my VHS-VCR and firewired to my PC. No more plugging and unplugging camcorders and all that stuff. Rock solid connections and recognized by all components...in a word, reliable.

I encountered some "print to tape" challenges but found an alternative that works fine. I used to PPT from the Tools>Print video to DV tape menu. But the black leader/SMPTE test pattern with tone timing was unreliable.

Now I go to the Media Pool and click on the camcorder icon. From there I use the "Record to Device" icon in the PPT section of Vidcap. It's actually easier to regulate the amount of leader tape when dubbing to VHS.