HD camcorder recommendations that fit FCE workflow?

I hope nobody minds me asking this, but I'm about to enter the world of HD and would appreciate a few experiences/recommendations/tips from those of you who'd put their hands on it.
I'm considering Canon VIXIA HV30 or similar. I understand that using a tape may result in less compressed video footage. Yet, I'm baffled how one can squeeze 1080 footage on a Mini DV. Thanks for your thoughts on this...

Hi(Bonjour)!
HDV can "squeeze" around 25 mbit of video/audio info on standard miniDV tapes by using the MPEG compression sheme with long group of pictures (GOP) of 0.5 second.
So there is one complete image at every 0.5 second with mulitple images in between.
With standard def miniDV tapes, there is more possibility of drop out than with HDV quality miniDV tapes as HDV tapes contains a double layer of oxide. A drop out with a long GOP structure seems an "hole" of 0.5 second... a very bad thing.
Tape based HD camcorder are more "old school" than the newer AVCHD format based on hard drive or PC card camcorder, but tape is an affordable way to archive material.
Google "HDV vs AVCHD" to get more infos about consumer and prosumer HD formats.
Michel Boissonneault

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