Don't wanna spend on fixing it. Looking for alternative to this cam, would love to keep it mini dv tapes but by the looks of things tapes are fading out. What should I look into? Considering Canon hf g10.

What's wrong with it? Someone here just had their's repaired for $200.

It records tapping sounds. Seems like the moving parts internally is creating this noise and is being picked up by the internal mic. You can hear it in play back, annoying. I had already paid about 130 to fix the LCD flex cable.