i'm about to sell my hvx and just checked to see how many hours of usage are on it and it says it's got 241 hours - would you consider that low or high when determining just how "used" it is?
I'd say under 150 like new, under 300 low hours under 500 used but not in bad shape under 1000 old, but maybe it was well cared for. Over 1000 Very used, but if well cared for it could still be a good camera. When I graduated my school's dvx 100's had 1500 hours.