sweet looking machine - high on the "cool factor" as Sony says. not sure it's worth the price though, given that it's more geared for journalists than tapers. it cannot do a few things that tapers would normally need. there's no HQ interface for better, more convenient, external mics, let alone phantom power. (and at over a pound, its too big to hang on a stand to use the built-ins.) there's no coax digi for A/D, just usb. and it only runs for 3hrs. the limiter is a really nice feature though, as are the uber-cool analog meters. that said, if someone wants to give me one, I will say yes, please.
ive always been struck by how Sony seems to be on the very leading edge of stealth technology (D7/8, M1, MD, and now this D1) yet they also own so much copyright to material that they'd hate to have recorded. different corporate divisions, I know, but still, there's gotta be a lot of "jeesh, look what those techies have come up with now!" going on over there.