Switching to Panasonic HVX200... HD Monitor?

Hello,
I am not even sure where to start... we do primarily wedding videos and are looking to take things to the next level, hence the HVX200. The way I see it, we would be using the Firestore to capture the footage which we then bring into FCP. Currently, we use a DSR 11 to view material on an external monitor. Of course the switch to HD means a different set up... but what? Assuming I want to capture at the DVCPro HD and monitor that (I realize at this point I will still be sending the final edit to SD). At the very least, I need an HD monitor (suggestions on a HD monitor much appreciated, keeping in mind that this would be the one are I will go cheap on for now). I assume I can't FW out to an HD monitor... so what is my "connecting" piece?
Thanks in advance,
Mike

First, thanks for everything! The idea of archiving to DVCam was to give me a tape based solution since a HD deck is simply out of the equation right now. Not actually having the camera yet, I don't know how much hard drive space I will actually end up consuming. I could easily archive to a SATA drive via the Mac Gurus enclosure (hot swap drives; love that thing!!).
I'm good to go with RAM on either desktop (3.5 & 6.5); however, I currently use two displays with either: the main set up is a LaCie CRT (photo editing) with a 23" for pallets. Of course in FC this 23" is my timeline while the CRT is my browser! But now I don't want to give up my screen real estate to HD monitoring, I would still want another display. WIth that in mind, am I right in concluding that I could use this:
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/
connected to something like this:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=4 24227&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation
As a starting point?
Thanks again,
Mike
Or not, I see the Intensity card is PCIe which brings me back to the Kona or a Black Magic card, which would then need a break out adapter to go to something like the Panasonic HDTV?
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