Actually I've been told to approach it with the slant that film is still wheres it at (2 turntables and a microphone) at the top end of the scale.

DV has provided a route for low budget filmmakers, but it has a distance to go yet to ever be chosen over film.

Attack of the clones looked like a video game.
But 28 days later showed what CAN be done with DV.

35mm is still what you'd shoot on if you could.