The following screen shots were made with a Canon XL1 DV camera to show the differences between the DVP 3000U and the VP 401U. The pictures were transferred digitally via a firewire link into the computer and not further processed. To achieve the best quality on the web JPEG images with the highest quality setting was used. (This may take a while to load).

DVP 3000U	VP 401U
Processing Artifacts (less on VP 401U)

DVP 3000U	VP 401U
Processing Artifacts with non interlace still (much better on VP 401U)

DVP 3000U	VP 401U
Processing Artifacts around numbers (less on VP 401U)

DVP 3000U	VP 401U
Color Balance (notice reddish tint on 2nd and 4th bar on DVP 3000U)

DVP 3000U	VP 401U
Black/White transition (slighly better on DVP 3000)