Dvcprohd or hdv

out of all the recording formats out there, which camera is the best way to go? obviously, that question's too open ended, let's say we've got around $5k for a camera. what will provide the best looking picture? it seems like you've either got hdv with canon, jvc and sony. or you've got dvcpro hd with the hvx200. are there dvcpro25 or dvcpro50 cameras that will give as good or better a picture as hdv cameras?
and which formats are the best to edit in Final Cut? is dvcpro25 or 50 easier then dvcprohd or just the same?
if i were to do a camera upgrade now, should i still sit on my butt waiting for more dvcprohd cameras or take the plunge with hdv? it seems like either you've got $15-20k for a camera or you've got $5k and stuck with hdv.
i need some help from professional opinions please, thank you

let's say we've got around $5k for a camera. what will provide the best looking picture?
HVX-200...without a doubt. There is no denying that DVCPRO HD looks much better than HDV. But be warned...$5k will get you only the camera, not the media in which to record HD onto. I think it ships with 1 8GB P2 card for free, so there is that. But other P2 cards will cost you $1200. Then you will need the means to get the footage off of the cards and onto your system. The new laptops don't work, only the older G4 powerbooks. And most PC laptops have the PCMCIA slot required for the card. Otherwise yo are lookng at yet another $2k for the P2 store or P2 card reader....unless you can live with using the camera to offload the clips, which means losing shooting time. The Firestore hard drive recorder...About $2000. But the firestore now records in the camera's native mode (24pn, 24 real frames per second) so that is a plus.
HVX isn't cheap...$10k+ by the time you are done. But...
which formats are the best to edit in Final Cut?
DVCPRO HD...again...no contest. When working with HDV, the recommended workflow is to convert it to DVCPRO HD as you capture. This means buying a capture card...another $2k for the AJA Kona LH.
s dvcpro25 or 50 easier then dvcprohd or just the same?
Those are STANDARD DEF formats, DVCPRO HD (DVCPRO 100) is an HD format. DVCPRO 25 is DV quality, and DVCPRO 50 is Digibeta quality. The HVX shoots all those formats. HDV shoots HDV...and all the HDV cameras shoot different versions of HDV...gets confusing.
if i were to do a camera upgrade now, should i still sit on my butt waiting for more dvcprohd cameras or take the plunge with hdv?
Do you need a camera now? If so, get one. If you can wait until mid April and NAB...all the better. New stuff announced there every year.
OH, and with all this you need HD monitors and HD cards to view all this HD footage. Jerry Hofmann had a post a while back (wish I bookmarked it) on how working with HDV isn't as cheap as you'd think. By the time you get the camera, the capture card, hard drives, monitor...you are looking at $10-$14k. Not much better with the HVX either. HD isn't cheap.
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