suggest to buy Sony SR200 / SR300, HDD DV, should around (may be a littel bit more)your budget.
quality- against to your budget, fair and okay la
size - acceptable
format - HDD easy to transfer to pc using USB cable
reproduce - you said not care, HDD easy to burn to DVD disc.
But try to consider the High-Defination DV, the quality is very good and sharp, but price will be so high (~$10K), see and try the difference in street.