The cool Flip Video Camcorder: 60-Minutes (Black)
While the Flip is a slight upgrade over Pure Digital's well-received Point & Shoot Video Camcorder, this year RCA's Small Wonder EZ201 is the better choice for most buyers.
Specs:
• One-touch recording and digital zoom
• Holds 60 minutes of TV-quality video on 1GB of built-in memory;
• Convenient USB arm plugs directly into computer
• Built-in software lets you easily e-mail videos, share them on YouTube and Grouper, edit footage, and capture still photos from video
• Watch videos instantly on TV with included cable
PROS:
• Inexpensive.
• Conveniently small size (fits in a shirt pocket).
• Easy to use.
• Easy to just drag movie clip files straight over to hard drive
• Movie files in the AVI format
• Easy enough to delete clips you don't want to keep.
• Play straight to TV.
• Uses ordinary AA batteries.
CONS:
• Menu buttons a little hard to press
• Uses DivX codec which means having to install one of a variety of 3rd party plug-ins.
• Included software was a hack job, UI is terrible.
• Sound playback level is lost once the unit turns off which means having to turn the sound down every time you turn it on.
Conclusion: Though the fact is that cheap sells--the Flip starts at $110, still if you are prepared to fork out a little extra the new Flip Ultra gives you far more bang for your buck.
