Which brand still produces miniDV handy-cams?

You ask the question as if you think they are on the way out.

Canon, Sony, (two makes that I like the most for Tape based cameras) but ahve a few in their range, both in the cheaper range but more in the higher price range, depending on what you want to spend, will dictate if you have HD or not.

Both HDD and flash drives take up a fair bit of room on your hard drive to archive. Obviously if you plan to keep the video on the tape to archive, its the cheapest and safest way to store them (providing you look after them) If you decide to archive the tapes on a hard drive you will save nothing 60mins of DV will be around 12-13gb.

Quality is better on HDV then flash or HDD less compression.

Again with no budget its impossible to suggest a model. Have a look on Sony and Canon websites and go from there

RR

I agree with Rugratzzzzzzz...

Specific models:

Canon ZR960 (standard def only)

Sony HDR-HC9 (standard def and high definition)

Canon HV40 (standard def and high definition)

Canon GL2 (standard def only)

Sony HVR-HD1000 (standard def and high definition)

Sony HDR-FX7 (standard def and high definition)

Sony HVR-A1 (standard def and high definition)

Sony HVR-FX1000

Canon XHA1 (standard def and high definition)

Canon XL2 (standard def only)

Canon XLH series (standard def and high definition)

Sony HVR-Z5 (standard def and high definition)

There are more...