Haha why are you going to buy a VX1? Get something more reliable and something your going to use correctly for your parents money. I bet you'll have it on auto settings, play footage back on it, capture footage from it, switch tape brands, record over old footage, bitch theres no LCD... Get a used VX2100 if you feel the need to waste money on an expensive camera to look cool, so you won't bitching when your 1000 breaks from using it wrong.