I still haven't found out how good a still photo can be taken from one of these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0LyU...eature=related but the video quality is pretty good for the price, I've seen them on sale for £60 so they may well be worth a try and see what is on offer next year.
The thing is all this stuff is getting better and cheaper day by day and the quality at the cheaper end is as good as some of the top of the range ones not so long ago.