With your price range, you can get a decent minidv videocam. Sony and Panasonic are good brands. Just check out the malls especially during sale.

Quote Originally Posted by Jun aka Pekto View Post
I've never seen a MiniDV videocam that used usb to transfer videos. Every single one I've seen used USB for still image transfers. All used Firewire/iLink for video transfers.
Our Panasonic MiniDV videocam uses USB to transfer videos and stills. We bought it last year, not sure of the model tho...