You may want to look into the firestore devices too. It hooks up to your camera through the firewire and records 3 hours of video right onto it's own hard drive and you can still record onto tape as a back up. I've got an XL2 right now and I am definitely getting sick of the tape thing as well and was checking those out. I think they go for around $700ish so that may be an option for you too...
Actually, here's a link to one on B&H and it's $650. It's out of stock now but at least you have the model number and check around some other places too...
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...ughType=search