DV Rebel Crash Cam

Canon has announced the HV20, a tiny little 1080p24 camcorder with an MSRP of US$1,099.

Dzang!

It has HDMI out, which means you could pair it with a Blackmagic Intensity card ($250) to capture 4:2:2 uncompressed 24p for less than the price of a decent boom mic setup.

The CMOS chip is true 1920x1080.

We'll have to see how fussy the manual controls are, but this camera just may have DV Rebels everywhere contemplating an impulse buy.

Update: More info from HDVinfo.net.

2nd Update: HV20 now available from Amazon.