Buying a DV camcorder

I have an analogue camcorder which works well in PE4. I want to buy a smaller DV camcorder and really want to use it for home use only. For my purpose, should I rule out the other types of camera on the market? I want to be able to keep tapes as a backup system as well. Any input for a camera make and model will be appreciated. Not looking at spending $1000 either...
Thanks
John

Thank you for the feedback. I have looked on the web at the handbook and the IEEE lead goes into an S video for monitoring on a TV which is analog. This has a D/A converter then? Also this would not plug into a computer then. The USB appears to output for editing in proprietory software. This is my understanding. The handbook gives the following info:
Recording format:
Mini DV (Consumer-use digital video SD format)
Recording system:
Digital component
Television system:
EIA Standard: 525 lines, 60 fields NTSC color signal
USB:
Card reader/writer function, USB 2.0 compliant
(Hi-Speed)
No copyright protection support
PictBridge-compliant
Digital interface:
DV input/output terminal (IEEE1394, 4-pin)
S-Video output level:
Y Output: 1.0 Vp-p, 75 ≠
C Output: 0.286 Vp-p, 75 ≠
WEB camera
Compression:
Motion JPEG
Image size:
320k240 pixels (QVGA)
Frame rate:
Approx. 6 fps
The owner comments as follows:
"My editing software output them as a mov. file and I always used an online converter to make them avi. for Quicktime viewing. I have found a copy of the handbook online at http://tlc.housing.wisc.edu/docs/video_pvgs320.pdf"
End quote.
I am not confident that this camera gives a DV AVI outfut to FW.
Any comments will be welcome particularly if someone has used this on PE.
Thank you
John

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