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Any of the major pro rental houses will be able to get you the equipment you need. I can't imagine how this will be cost effective for the shoot though. It certainly isn't going to visibly improve the finished product.
To get the footage into your NLE you'll need a deck and a component capture card. Depending on where you are you should be able to find someone to digitize the footage for you at a more reasonable cost than buying the stuff you need for this one time use.
If you have good light and if the motion in the frame doesn't break the HDV codec the HDV cameras will give a more than sufficient picture. Beta just isn't necessary if the conditions are good. I only mention breaking the codec in reference to doing something like capturing the water show out front. Moving water is a real challenge for the HDV codec and one of the ways I stress test a camera.
Try to negotiate with them and maybe they wil drop the beta requirement.
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