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Table of contents
- 1. Pocket Full Of Videos
- 2. Design: Size, Weight and Video
- 3. Using the SlideHD
1. Pocket Full Of Videos
Flip manages to make video recording even easier with a big new touch screen version of the now classic pocket camcorder.
Since the release of the original Flip camcorder, the design cues for competing compact video camcorders--like Creative Labs’ Vado HD, Kodak’s Zi8, and even Cisco-owned Flip’s later efforts including the UltraHD--have been reduced to cookie-cutter designs, with a lens at one end and a preview screen on the back. With the release of the Flip SlideHD, mini-cam design has been turned on its head once again. The new design—you guessed it– slides open to reveal a large touch screen.
This innovative design could change the way videos are shot, viewed and shared by turning the act of powering-up, recording and uploading into a near hassle-free event. What good is a camcorder you can’t be bothered to use?
On the downside, this Flip is bigger, heavier and much more expensive than the competition, and it can’t record full 1080p videos.
$280
4 Stars
+ Innovative flip and pivot design
+ 4 hours of HD recording time
+ Large touch-screen
+ Excellent software
+ Surprisingly good video
- Larger and heavier than competition
- Expensive
- Can’t record 1080p video
- No SD card slot
- 90-day warranty
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1. Pocket Full Of Videos
- 1. Pocket Full Of Videos
- 2. Design: Size, Weight and Video
- 3. Using the SlideHD
- 4. Lights, Camera, Action
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Cool , but still a little lagging in many aspects. Unless you're one of those trendy-electro-fashion freak wannabe's, I don't think you'd get into this one.
There's a little more to this pocket camcorder that that, but I feel longterm all these things will be subsumed into mobile phones. The problem is that the interface, video quality and storage will all be compromises based on it also being a phone
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Without substantial optical zoom, these and cellphone cameras are a waste of time in my book
One day Optical zoom will be obsolete
I just can't see myslef using one of these.
I have a standard definition Flip Camcorder, and I can tell you this... They are gimmicky. However, being small, running on AA's, and being very easy to get the video off them, they do serve a purpose. The microphones suck though, for voice it's fine, but don't take them to a concert.