The "action" video cameras like Go Pro will give professional quality results but they are not intended for family videos or vacation videos. They have no zoom and they have no display screen (Go Pro sells an add on display screen) but they don't have these because they are intended to be fixed to something or someone that is moving to take continuous video of the action. If this is what you are looking for the Go Pro is a good camera. If you want more of a zoom in, zoom out camera that you can frame your shots on a display screen and take videos of your travels, etc. then look at the standard camcorders. They are compact and have a lot of features. Panasonic has a new camcorder with incredibly clear and steady 50x optical zoom.