i doubt the panasonic dvx-100a will go down that much, the A is the newest revision on the current hardware, and its already carring the 24p shooting mode with majorly impressive manual gamma settings for a sub 4000 camera
HD should be cool, but its gonna take awhile to be adopted. FINAL CUT just came out in HD, but its gonna be hit or miss for like i year i bet, like dvd burning first was
Hibachi King drops 9/9/04...and it shouldnt suck! hah