I have been watching the camcorder scene for the past year and a half
again because it was time to free myself from tapes. Eventually I
settled for Sony HDR-SR7, which has a CMOS sensor (not best for dark
situations, you need Sony PD170 for dark shooting :).
Sony just came out with a newer 160GB
I like the Canon HV-20, except it captures to tape, and it records
1808/60i. You can get it to record in the format of 1080/24p, except
you have to run an extra process on the footage after you capture it
to the computer for it to work properly on your timeline.
Phil Campbell is testing a Canon H