There's a revolution underway in the digital cinematography field.  While RED made their splash 4 months ago with their announcement that they'd been developing a 4k HD camera, Silicon Imaging was also working in stealth mode on their own low-cost HD solution.  Today they announced their SI-1920HDVR, a 1920X1080p 10-bit camera that natively records to the CineForm RAW wavelet codec.  The single 2/3" CMOS chip records to a dual-core Windows XP machine with a 7" touch-screen interface (seen at right), using a hot-swappable 160GB USB 2.0 hard drive (thanks to the wavelet codec, the drive can store over 4 hours of footage).  The camera shoots in 24p, 25p, and 30p, and can be overcranked to 72fps, as well as undercranked.  There are more particulars in the press release, and a lot of interesting information can be found in their FAQ, which notes that a separate, lower cost package will be available: bring your own computer, display, and storage system, and you can get the HD camera head, a tripod mount, a copy of Premiere Pro 2.0 with Prospect HD, and two lenses--all for $12.5k.  Otherwise, the complete camera package--which I'm guessing integrates a complete windows XP computer system, given the dual-core chip specification--retails for under $20 grand.  There are sample images and footage posted on Silicon Imaging's website; the camera is scheduled to ship in Q3, and they will be presenting at NAB.  It's going to be a very interesting year for independent HD filmmaking.