Yeah, V4 and P7 coming out so close to such an expensive holiday seems pretty short sighted to me.  I mean, maybe some people will give these things as gifts, but as of yet, I still can't expain leaving a download link under the Christmas tree.

I too am underwhelmed with the default look of V4, but her expression morphs look fantastic.  That has always been a sore spot for me with the basic Daz characers.  No way to really use V3 or M3 for animation if you want great acting (well, unless you import them into another program like Maya and adjust the mesh yourself.)

Remember this, there will be a V3-V4 model, so you can easily still use all your old outfits, and there is the Wardrobe Wizard if you want to actually use the improved V4 mesh (that is assuming that it will be an easy thing for them to upgrade to support V4.  I understand V4 works a bit different than what se are used to.)