Camcorder, advice please

Hi, I'm thinking of buying a camcorder so that the videos we take are a better quality than that from the camera, what are best, tape, DVD, flash card or what?, what should I be looking out for?, are they idiot proof? are they easy to transfer to the pc?, what sort of price are we looking at?, if your talking up near the £1000 mark, I'll stick with the camera, I don't want to spend a fortune.

Thank you