Camcorder Help Please

Over the past few months I have graduated from Windows Movie Maker, to FCE to FCP Studio 2. As an edge of desk job I make DVDs for my employer. These have gone down so well that he paid for me to upgrade to FCP. Adding a bit of basic Motion etc to the DVDs has convinced him to pay to upgrade my camcorder. I currently use a Panasonic NV-GS75.
I have been given a budget of £1000 ($1800). I've search the forums and read the threads but am no wiser! Should I move to HDV? Any suggestions gratefully received.
imac 20" 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.10) Final Cut Studio 2; Apple TV, Switcher March 07

There is a discussion on this board started a while back about the cost of moving to HDV that so far has about 3,100 views and 75 posts. In case you missed that one in your search, here it is:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=748016&tstart=350

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