I bought an HCO scoutguard a couple of months ago for about 200 bucks. It is a pretty good little unit. Runs on AA batteries, which is a plus compared to the D cell that my cuddeback runs on. It is infrared, and takes a pretty nice video, and some pretty clear pictures.
I do like my cuddeback's picture quality a bit more, but it was almost twice the price. Unless you are over some sort of "holder" (salt, bait, etc), or facing up and down a trail, you will miss a lot of pictures with a slow trigger time. My cuddeback is on a trail crossing right now, and I miss very few pictures. I also have it very close to the trail (accident, but that's another story for another day - and I just haven't moved it), so some of my pictures are a bit blurry - not the cameras fault, the "placer" of the camera is to blame.
I would suggest going with a quality, quick trigger speed camera and not looking back. If you are going to spend the money, why not make a good investment.
My.02