Well, it sounds like you have no option but a DVD cam, even though they are more expensive than a miniDV, have poorer picture quality, record for less time, and have higher media costs. Since you claim your PC won't edit, although I have edited miniDV with a 200 Mhz Pentium and burned SVCD to CDs with that PC, it seems that adding a DVD burner to your PC so you can make a DVD is out of the question. Too bad.