This page contains hardware links likely to interest only me.
John Rofrano gives his setup, capture time for HDV, DVD on using Vegas and other video tuturials.
Curiously enough, my mobo supports dual core X2 athlon processors but not SATA 2 drives.
Book review on HVD: Everything you need to know
Things to Buy:
Soundcard, Videocard
Hard drive
upgrade processor?
Videocapture card?
Vegas
And then LOTS of camera/video equipment!