I ordered a video camera from Amazon.com, along with an extra battery, a battery charger that works both on 120VAC and 12VDC, and a remote control (which is on backorder). The package arrived yesterday (Tues).
The camera is a Kodak PlaySport in black (it also comes in purple or blue). It has a small rechargable battery (about the size of a Blackberry phone battery) and records in 1080p resolution. It also takes 5MP still photos. It's about the size of a cell phone and you basically have to hold the camera as you would your cell phone when taking photos.
I read the battery doesn't last long but hopefully I should be okay with two batteries. I borrowed a 16GB SD memory card from Amy and the camera can fit 3 hours of video captured at 1080p. The maximum memory size for this camera is 32GB but I don't see that as a problem.
I went and purchased a small camera bag for it so now maybe I won't scratch the screen as much.