I do still like my Z1 but yeah the tape, tape changing, and real time dumping has been getting to me. It's also interlaced HDV. The AX2000 is nice and would be a great upgrade. That said it is at least three years old and costs $1500 more than the NX30 I rolled the dice on. That BOSS system in the NX30 was very appealing but seems to have flaws. Unless it was specific to the one that made it to me.