As I said, at present, keep it cheap and cheerful. As Background Noise correctly said, you CAN play clips directly from the HD camera, BUT, you can't send on (cheap) DVDs to your relatives and friends, and you'll end up with a large pile of unedited HD tapes , and having to wind and rewind to find that elusive clip that your looking for.
With a regular camcorder, it's a doddle to record onto DVD. (I use a domestic DVD hard disc recorder, which is brilliant.)