I'm about ready to throw in the towel . I was thinking of waiting for the GL-HD camera to arrive on the scene but there just doesn't seem to be any communication from Canon on when (not if) this is going to happen. How about a hint!!!! Throw us a bone!!! If it's this summer then fine, I'll go buy a Sony, it's it's in March, I'll wait. Something, anything, a little communication please!!!

Question: Who would like better communication from canon?

- Dave, who needs a new camera and owns a pile o canon stuff!

Sony committed themselves to the HDV2 format long ago. Perhaps by the time Canon looked at starting their effort to build a consumer HDV camera, H.264 cameras were on the horizon and they're working in that direction instead. H.264 cameras are projected to start appearing this summer and likely at prices far below Sony's current HDV2 offerings.

Here's a similar thread:
http://www.pana3ccduser.com/showthread.php?t=7801

pretty interesting.