This is one product I went to the show really wanting to like. However, its reliance on the very expensive (at least for the present) P2 cards, the limited dvcpro hd capacity of same, and the practical necessity of purchasing a proprietary hd to which the cards can be dumped, make it not a viable option for me at this point. I’m guessing that the practical investment would be well over twice, maybe even three times the advertised 5995. If it could record directly to a hard disk I would buy one in a minute, despite some ergonomic flaws.