definitions... Better for what?

The here and now? 10 years from now?

How are you expecting to store the video for the long term - or is this not important?

In the similar price range, pretty much all the camcorders will have similar video capabilities.

What happens AFTER you capture the video - that is where the differences become apparent.

Is editing of interest? Any movement of the video from camcorder to computer *could* be considered part of that process - whether you use a video editor or not.

The camcorders you are looking at all are AVCHD (MTS) file producers - can you environment deal with them, or were you aware of some of the challenges posed by this file type? Is upgrading necessary?

Before we point you to camcorders, we need to know what process flow, if any, you might be following.