Sonnet's Qio eSATA controller / all-in one card reader
May I recommend this Product from Sonnettech.
in USA
in Australia from "Digistor"
in the UK from Creativevideo.co.uk
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/qio.html
Sonnet's Qio eSATA controller / all-in one card reader as seen on display at NAB 2009, Match this reader up with Panasonic's latest E-series P2 cards and it will no doubt push P2 and solid state video up-take.
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/qio.html
I believe, The Qio Card Reader will cost around $999 US
over $1500inc GST Australian,
£ 799.25 Inc VAT in the UK.
When considering this card reader features, and that it will read so many card variants , if you compared that to a tape based VTR , it would have the ability to playback/record many formats, that alone is more than well worth the cost of the QIO, and compare that up against the costs of the Panasonic readers, you may have enough have dollars left over towards the purchase of an E-series P2 card.