Digital Juice is polling users on what NLE they use, and Vegas comes in 3rd with 15%.
I don't think forum users should inaccurately spam this poll, but if you use DJ products you might want to go here and let them know you use Vegas, too.
Stupid Transcoder? Most of us just import the .mov files directly onto the tl and let Vgeas do the convert. However, if i need to batch convert say a color change to the file I do that in the Juicer and keep it as a .mov file to preserve trans if needed. All works fine for me.
"I was surprised by that outcome, presumming that the majority would already be using HD."
This poll on other forums produced similar results. About half of the people shooting DV as a business are shooting SD and have no plans to move to HD-anything.