That is a field-proven, kick-ass standard def video camera that has footage that makes national TV and documentaries on a regular basis. It's lost a little of its sexiness in the midst of the HDTV hype, but that camera is a highly capable awesome videocam. It can shoot in 24p too if you want more of a film look. If you're a taper, I seriously would just run double-sound for the gigs themeselves and sync later -- it is a PITA, but it's do-able too once you get the hang of it (you have to sync the head, and then stretch or compress the video near the end to fix any drift so the tails sync, and once you're rollin', don't start/stop cause each pause becomes another sync point in post). That said, you could easily feed the DVX a signal straight to it's XLRs -- it'll be 16/48 and run through the DVX's preamps (line-in is simply a pad before the pres I believe) -- not bad, but the 744 will make a better recording and then you don't have to be tethered with the DVX. Also, the DVX doesn't have true timecode, so you won't be able to jam sync to the 744t, which is too bad. However, that is an amazing camera for standard def. The main alternative in that space would be an XL2 which can also do 24p and has a longer lens (good for concerts) and does true 16:9 I think, but it doesn't look as much like film as the DVX does.