Sony HiDef Camcoders

Will FCE4 import via USB 2.0 or is it still the same old can only import via Firewire? All of the new Sony HD camcorders only have USB export capabilities. If so, then is using a program such as Voltaic the only way to import Sony's AVCHD files into FCE? This will most surely direct me on which camcorder to buy in the future when I got ready to go HiDef.
What HiDef hard drive camcorders that record in 5.1 are out there to consider, consumer grade wise for me to look at if the Sony way does not work out?
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I don't want to eat the files Tom...:)

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I can remember being paranoid about print-through (on audio cassettes) some thirty years ago and used to dutifully rewind tapes for a while.
I soon gave it up and can't say I have ever noticed any.
The world is full of these scare stories which of course do have an element of truth.
When I got my first VCR about twenty years ago, conventional wisdom said that the heads would need replacing after a few hundred hours of use.
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I don't like flames, so, Ernie, last post from here, it is not you & me, but many other users do read these threads, so for everybody some facts:
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(End of quote)
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PS: … any "translation" available for your last sentence…?

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yes
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no
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Rich Kyd wrote:
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