Help with buying a camcorder please

[Boomer]

Hi all. I wondered if I could ask for some help in choosing a digital camcorder? If I'm honest, most of its use will be for recording home-made fun in the bedroom so I wondered what kind of image quality I could expect for my budget of about ?500 -?1000?

I'm a total newbie when it comes to camcorders but is the kind of quality you see on the better pay-sites achieved with very expensive broadcast quality kit? I have used a VHS-C and the quality is not all that great. If I'm going to invest in a new one, I want a pretty noticeable improvement.

Any and all views (with specific model numbers) would be more than welcome!

TIA

[myson]

To start with I'd say a Digital Mini DV camera with 3CCD's (definitely not a single CCD).

Mine is a Panasonic NV-GS75 and gives cracking results for it's size although the real pro's on here my disagree with me.

Myson

[superior]

For home made fun in the bedroom (assuming its for your eyes only) then get yourself pretty much any mini-dv camcorder - there are loads now at under ?250 which are more than enough for what (I think) you want.

Phil

[Boomer]

Thanks for your advice guys. I've got myself a Sony Handycam which is 3ccd and seems to be just what I was after. Cheers.