Investors that are valuing the company by applying a valuation multiple to 2011 or 2012 EBITDA forecasts, figures that will be temporarily depressed due to higher input costs, will end up with lower valuations for the company than us.
Sony, for its part, is working to make that secondary display massively more appealing -- the company's latest generation of high-end camcorders adds an HDMI input, with an option to display content from any compatible source (a full-size adapter ships in the box).