I'm just curious as to what the toal pixel count actually is.... is it the same as the Vari? And the only thing stopping it from looking like Vari footage is the smaller CCD?

Andrew,

If you use the search feature you'll find a post about this very subject that will have more information than you can possibly digest.

In fact, the thread got so unwieldy that the moderator had to "lock" and close it.

Shane Ross is currently shooting and doing post on a Varicam/HVX200 shoot, using VariCams as the "A" camera and HVX's as the B-cameras. You should read what he wrote about how well it intercuts, regardless of the number of pixels...