I agree with the BS you talk about. We get very very poor training, and the trainers dont know what they are talking about half the time. When these "HD Dvd" Players came out, we was told they would play HD-DVD's and upscale normal DVDS. The TRUTH is they wont play HD-DVDS or BlueRays, they just upscale normal DVD's. So in retail stores, unless you talk to some one who reads about this stuff in their spare time, the sales person knows the same or less that the average jo. Everyone knows, or they should do that most of what a sales person tells you is rubbish as its normally made up on the spot.
We are expecting the real HD-DVD players, which are Tosh's technology towards the End of the year. Sony;s BlueRay Players are for sure a 2007 thing. It will be interesting though with two HD technologies that you can buy into, both Tosh and Sony have the goods and bads.
You are right, we have a PC running our HD demos. High End? Well not really, cheap ATA 128 Dedicated Card with DV out and a HDMI converter. The video is played from the HD. We are upto 45 Mins of loaded video now, this drives you crazy, but i never get tired of the Blue Angles C130 with the full JATO take off.
I think the Camcorder you have is great, ok its got some issues, i have never seen it on a PC but the LG screen i have seen it on, it looked great, i think LG LCDS have an Anti Aliasing feature though, maybe why i never noticed the jagged edges.