been reading posts and reviews and I'm more confused then ever.

I'm just trying to go to a digital camcorder from an 18 yr old canon analog cam. I've read that SD isn't very good quality and not sure I need HD. I'd wait for tech to get better but I want something I can put on internet now.

I want a good close up so I can watch football or soccer games, etc thru the camcorder.. but I want at least the same quality as I have with my analog. I don't use tripod so I assume I need good stabilizer.

I want digital so I can put it on utube or computer to share with others. Would also be nice if it wasn't hard or too time consuming to put on DVD. I have a Apple laptop running os x and an older windows xp computer.

Any suggestions or comments would be helpful.