[karl] “but if I make an edit say using HDV, I can always finish my short film or documentary and then lay this off back to the camera or a HDV deck. Then if I want to show this to friends I could take the camera round and plug it into their plasma (until we get HDDVD). “
Why couldn’t you do the same with the P2 cam? Finish the edit, copy it back to a P2 card, plug that in the camera, take it to your friend’s house, and play back…