Okay, it took quite some time for the Panasonic folks to finally send me the paperwork necessary to send the camcorder in the the repair place, but they did finally get it together. It took the repair facility about two weeks from the time I shipped the camcorder to them, but I just got it back on Friday, and it is as good as new. According to the paperwork returned with my unit, they replaced the CCD unit. The total cost to Panasonic for the work was $261 and change. It took some digging and some patience on my part to get the ball rolling, but I am satisfied with the Panasonic people for doing what they needed to do to straighten out my problem. Thanks, guys.