Camcorders for Final Cut Studio what to look for?

Hi i am getting into motion graphics, green screening, and lots of effects. I have been trying to use my isight but it is so hard to key. I have a few question about camcorders as well. This is the only place i could think of to ask.
Hears what i am planning on getting.
I want one for around $300 it can be more or less. I am going with 3CCD not 1CCD and Firewire.
I do not mind mini dv, Hard Drive, or sdcard. But I think that the mini dv ones are cheepers so I was planning on going with that one. When i record it will be to my computer straight through either Final Cut Pro, iMovie HD, or Quicktime. I might once in a while take it somewhere. Which then i would need some form of tape.
1. When buying a camcorder is it 720x480 or i heard that it is 1280x720. How do i find that out or what does that mean?
2. Or instead of 3CCD should i get HD however i can't find any HD Camcorders that have firewire? They only have usb.
3. What does 560K, 600K, 680K, 800K mean?
4. And how do i tell what the recording resolution is?
5. What's the difference between CMOS, 1CCD, and 3CCD?

Hi Macbook
To take this debate further...
Yes there are percieved advantages to avchd, with vairable on the fly compression, the encoder has to encode at such a fast rate, should the action within the frame speed up, you are left with a very poor playback of the action.
With a fixed rate copression, this mihgt not happen, the cost-slightly shorter record times. That is why the sony hvr mini-dv cams come with diffrent settings, hdv/dvcam/dv and the hd/sd tapes both work in the recorder.
If i was to record a fast moving sport, i would use dvcam or hdv as here in south africa we still use sd. when HD comes along then dvcam hd or HD would be the only option.
Digital is compression period. only the degree changes. XDCAM also has vairiable compression, I would never use max compression, as this would mean loss of data, not good.
Good would be a little loss of real color as possible.
Also with avchd, keeping footage for a long time is a problem. Tape is cheap easy to store, small and can be bought just about anywhere!!!
I personally have not used a avchd camera, the idea of it sounds good, but from reading the forums for over a year, it is very clear, there is no place in the professional world for "cheap avchd dvd/hdd" cmaeras.
It is all about marketing, it is about as useful for a cold as snake oil!!!
If it uses USB to download, it is not good!!!
Justin

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