Adam, I finally got hold of the BR-DV 600 to test and whilst it had many strong features the promised TC in was not there (I wanted to dub Beta to DV with the same TC). Otherwise it seems like a good machine, worked well over firewire.(posted 8776 days ago)FWIW, the same dealer who had kindly lent me the deck also sells the camera and he says that the lens that comes with it sucks but otherwise it's great.
Good luck.