Thread: New solid state camera

Hi. I am looking to get a new camera and I posted a post a week ago but since then my requirements have changed so I thought it would be best to start a new thread. I am after a camera that records to a memory card, preferably SD card but any would be ok (unfortunately tape is not an option for the eventual users). I am after a camera that records standard def at a high quality. Some of the recent cameras are highly compressed HD and the ones that do offer Standard def are at a lower bit rate than HD. Is there a camera that can record at a nice high bit rate in standard def and produce a nice result? The camera needs to have headphone and mic inputs and the budget is around £600 but can possibly be altered if teh right camera came along.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.