I happened to purchase a Camcorder from Sony - CCD-TRV285E for personal use for just Rs 16500/- at Bangalore after going through a lot of reviews on the Net. It is a good buy for beginners level and the price is also very decent. The actual cost was Rs 14500/- and I swapped the existing battery for a two hour backup becos of which I had to pay Rs 16500/- which is inclusive of taxes. Functions wise, this model is great as it has 990x digital zoom and 20x optical zoom. It has PC connectivity and the setup as very easy. It has a steady shot feature which is not available in the lower end models. This is a D8 model ie. Digital 8 and the clarity is better compared to the Hi8 models. I will give more details once I am thorough with the operations. I got the camera only 24 hours ago.