I too have had the problem re: loading and have had to send my machine back to be fixed at a cost of £25 which although under the warranty was not refunded. However, My problem now is that firstly for some unknown reason I can no longer Mark at all neither for Memory purposes nor to dub. Secondly when I enter just dub, I can only Select 1 thumbnail by pressing enter and even though the DVD disc has enough room on it, it will do the i.e. 230mins dubbing procedure and say "complete" only to learn that the disc has remained empty through out. I have only been successful with smaller footage i.e 90mins. Could someone point me in the right direction as to why this should happen? By the way since I had my JVC returned the LOADING problem has reoccured once whilst during a recording. Plse help if u can