Hey Christo,

I hope I'm not too late but if you've already ordered the A1U then no problem since I think the upcoming AVCHD cams are more in-line with the HC1 and will lack the features and definitely the XLR jacks of the A1U.

Hope this helps, and we also have a great AVCHD discussion area.

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/forumdisplay.php?f=132