HD camcorder question (again)

[cobra jet]

I thought I knew what HD camcorder I wanted to purchase & was in the store looking to buy a Sony HC3 but what was sitting right next to it? A Sony SR1. It seemed to have all of the cool features of the HC3, and some that the HC3 does not have like the “multi-function ring” instead of the thumb wheel, plus a 3.5 inch screen. My biggest concerns have to do hard drive.
1. Will the picture quality be the same as the tape system on the HC3?
2. How easy is it going to be to store all my old footage without a tape? Will it be easy to burn the files straight to a DVD for storage and will it hold up as well in say 10 years or so.
3. Will it be just as easy to transfer my clips into Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 considering it does not have firewire port?

Does anyone have one of these camcorders yet and if so what do you think so far? Does anyone have a link that might compare the two side by side?

I shoot mostly my sons sports events and vacations.

Thanks

[cobra jet]

Can’t anyone help me with this question? Does anyone have any knowledge of the new Sony hard drive camcorders, or have any answers to my questions in my above post?

Thanks

[InXess]

These camcorders have 20-40 Gig drives. Storing video files is just as easy or difficult as any other ~30 Gig/hr files. After a year or 2 you would need a LOT of storage... if you want to keep them as files (HD/BD discs, HDD...). DVD discs would be good for 10 min. of video I guess. In my opinion market is not ready yet for the flip-side of HDD camcorders as you have absolutely correctly pointed it out. For now I would opt for miniDV.