I should have known I wasn't getting a good camera for the price I paid for this one. The battery isn't very big, but that's nothing to complain about, but the video quality is something to complain about. I have a 55 HD TV and the picture, even if I shot it in the highest quality available, is all in pixels. I didn't go back for two reasons: (1) my wife didn't seem to care much about the video quality and the camera is just for my wife and (2) I don't think I can fit a much better camera in this price range. I gave it three stars because Sony doesn't describe the camera's HD capabilities very accurately.