Something happened with the link in that other thread, because the photos changed. That other thread had a link to the article in THIS thread at one point -- hence my comment in the other thread that the camera looks like a DVX crossed with a Cylon. If you click the link in THIS thread, you can see what I meant by that.
Maybe camcorderinfo.com switched pages or something.
they prolly did. because this is a much newer article and this camera looks like some type of super8/DVX100 hybrid hehe.
i guess the problem i have is... because panasonic has sorta thrown down the gauntlet but not deciding to go the HDV route i've always just assumed they are trying to one up the standard. this does not surprise me, especially if it's going to be released some time in 2006.
it's not that shocking to me from a theoretical standpoint. i guess it's good for everyone, because it means people will be in competition, which means cheaper and better equipment for us.