Hello, You all sound like a helpful bunch so I need some advice!

I am due to film my friends wedding in July, i am about to dontate my current camcorder to my local museum in light of its age.

Time for a new one!!!

I dont really want advice on which make/model to purchase but i am more interested in the minimum specifications i should be looking for i.e pixels,zoom,dv input/output, battery,dv?,pal? and any other techco jargon that is foreign to me but will eventually enable me to do what i require....

My basic requirements are... I need to film a small registry office wedding, then on to a small reception, couple of speaches and then some crazy dancing. I then want to transfer all film onto my home pc (windows xp, can this be done if i film to tape? or will i need a camcorder that suports sd cards?) i have 2 weeks to jig about with it and hopefully produce a dvd of the special day. phew! I already have the adobe s/w for the jigging!

I have read all the info on the site about how to make a good wedding film but obviously if my camera does not support what i want to do then i am in the shtuck! Any help would be top banana...