Yeah, it's not small or particularly light but what it offers makes up for that in my opinion.
Ernie, list is $5,295 and I believe it's due out now. If it were a Sony product, that would mean first quarter of 2010...
It's not listed on B&H yet, but my guess would be around $4,700-$5,000 street price. Of course, you then need some P2 cards so all in you're probably looking at $8,000 for (2) 32GB cards and the unit. Still, it beats shelling out $25,000 for an HPX2000 and it gives you a LOT of options for your clients.
Here's a link to the page on Panasonic.com:
http://tinyurl.com/b8noa8
Cheers,
Chris Cardno
Visual Edge Productions
Bethesda, MD