Thanks for the clarification, Barry. Jan just posted a clarification on the type of hard drive. It has to be intelligent like a Firestore. So, the speculation that any ole drive will work is not true. Also, the iPod trick was a file transfer not a capture operation.
So, we have a DVCPROHD camcorder that will record to P2 card, to external intelligent hard drive, or to a laptop/desktop in full 1080/60i (100 Mbps) or any mode below that.