I'm definitely not an expert, but after looking at some forums myself, it sounds like the HD to DVI device might be the only answer. Lots of folks mentioned old cameras, but you ask for a modern solution. One gentleman said his $6000 Sony HD camera would work as a webcam, but that's probably not the route you want to go in.

I may be totally missing the point, but would Logitech's new QuickCam Vision Pro for Macs be a solution? Or do you really need it to be a camcorder as well? Link to product description below...
Source(s):
http://www.gigposters.com/forums/digital/40554-usb-streaming-mac.html
http://nexus404.com/Blog/2008/06/24/logitech-quickcam-vision-pro-premium-hd...
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=149129
http://askville.amazon.com/Canon-Mini-DV-Camcorder-webcam-Mac-OSX/AnswerVie...

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I'm looking for a camcorder solution. An HD webcam that I can control via IR from across the room would be a lesser second choice, but I have not found one of those either and when you consider the cost it's close to some of the newer HD pocket camcorders. Still that might be the only option (if I can find one) if you want to be pure digital.

Basically I'm looking for the 'today' equivalent of buying a previous generation firewire camcorder and using it for streaming. Firewire is out and today's camcorders do not seem to stream from USB.

For someone that wants to get up a streaming website, it looks like s/he can no longer use consumer camcorders (or an HD webcam with IR zoom/position control) unless they use Windows with special vendor software.
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