If you're using a good DV codec (aka NOT Apple's or MS') most of them are written to be taken full advantage of in Premiere. Also, there are a lot of plugins for Premiere which are really fantastic (cinelook etc) It's true that Premiere has a bad habit of crashing, but I find it to be...
Reviews I've read have been good Basically if you're screwing around with Home movies, or doing simple edits it's great Anything bigger, Premiere is your man