This is little OT but check the specs... 6.8Ghz, 1TB RAM, 2TB storage with 6GB throughput. Apparently there is no hard disk and no moving parts apart from dvd drive but it's all solid state optoelectronics. Somehow it got me thinking along with Barry's point that it's all moving from...
There is this little report about panasonic plans for hdtv among others for hvx200 camcorder and P2 card. It's a translated japanese link
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=ja_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.watch.impress.co.jp%2fav%2fdocs%2f20050903%2fifa03.htm