HI;
While the Sony EX1 is unquestionably a solid cam with a lot of great features, for me it would not work. I need at least 1080 60p, don't care about "broadcast quality MPEG codecs", and just can't afford SxS cards!
Keeping my fingers crossed that the AC160 will be the Cam For Me. ETA 4/23/12.
FYI:
http://pro-av.panasonic.net/en/sales_o/broch_pdf/ag-ac160a.pdf
Steve
Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T3400, MultiTB SATA, 8GB RAM Vegas 10e (and 11) x64 DVDA 5.2(build 133) Sony HDR-CX550V