I don't have a DV camcorder let alone one that does PAL (I live in the US). I'm not going to buy a PAL camcorder to transfer one tape. I don't care about the files being DVD compliant because I want the files in DV format for editing/cleanup purposes. And I undersand that a 60 min DV tape will probably return 4 to 5 DVDRs worth of AVI (DV) files.