Update:
(question at the end)
Wallmart just dropped their price from $300 to $200 for the Sanyo VPC-CG6 http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5634188
It is pretty nice: Auto focus OR manual focus. CCD pickup. 5x optical zoom. MPEG4 compression that looks great on my TV. Movie editing on the camera. Hand shake correction. 5.25oz. At the highest video resolution it looks like a 1GB SD card will hold 42 minutes. I haven’t experimented with all the resolutions yet but the U-tube video stuff can hold 4+ hours on 1GB card.

You can charge through the USB outlet or take the battery out and put it in a charging dock.

I wanted AA batteries for power but I can live with this smaller design. I also wanted NO moving parts. But that autofocus and optical zoom is so nice, I will live with that.

I will get a spare rechargeable lithium battery as these appear to be $13.00 (w/ shipping).

Does anyone know of a USB power converter? Will this work? http://www.calcellular.com/zip-pwr-ac.html
Or even this: http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=1016&sku=22328
I would like to recharge this camcorder w/o taking out the battery and w/o a computer.
Thanx

-Barry