OMG there is a new one out by Sony that IS THE $HIT!!!!!
I too have been looking at cams for about a year now and I have been waiting on this new memory stick HiDef Cam to come out for a while now and it just came out a few months ago. Just waiting on the right bank to rob to be able to afford it. But its defintely on my list.
Go buy it now - dont listen to any BS about memory stick media limitations as this is the end all of all the new latest and greatest! (haha totally my biased opinion)
It uses memory stick media so no, DVDs or Tape BS to convert to. It automatically converts to MPG files (your choice of formats as well and resolutions etc...)
Now I know what some are going to say about memory stick media. well, here is an inside tip. next year there will be a huge capacity breakthrough on memory stick media capacity which will make all the other HD cameras seem like old technology (which are great but still have a HD as a weak link for failures as we all know hard drives fail in just a matter of time and also get hot and use A LOT of juice thus causing the battery life to suck major moose dong).
If you are dead set on getting a HD based camera (which would be a second place choice to the first link click the second link for the HiDef 60gb HD based unit as well.
Best Buy has it - go here
Memory Stick version #1 Choice:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....1777189 90774
Hard Drive media 60GB #2 Choice:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....1771124 16300
Sony Links:
http://b2b.sony.com/Solutions/product/HDR-CX7
http://b2b.sony.com/Solutions/produc...96&catId=10822
Enjoy
