Advice On Buying A Camcorder?

[Captain Scarlet]

Well I've used a little digital camera thing for all my trials filming and such, good little camera but am need of an actual camcorder.

£300 is my budget, I don't care for it being HD, Standard definition or whatever, I'm just looking for a camcorder that is of a good quality and frame rate, but essentially Hard drive as a storage medium.

I've had a look internet and popped over to Comet have seen the Sony DCR-SR55.

Its looking to be my favourite at the moment, but I've also seen the Toshiba 80GB camcorder, which boasts HD and double storage capacity. (But doesn't seem feasable for the price).

Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with either camcorder, or knows of one in a similar price range.

Thanks,

EDIT: Oh and I forgot the mention that its main usage will be for bike videos (Trials, BMX, etc)

Edited December 3, 2008 by Albino Slig