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Creative Labs Vado Pocket Video Camcorder (Pink) |
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| Great little video recorder |
The Vado is so handy. Small and unintrusive. Friends want to know what it is and where I got it. One hint..if you want to upload a whole little movie to YouTube and you aren't too techy just use your Windows Movie Maker, get a free code program to convert your wave file to mpg.
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| Jan 06, 2009 |
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| A Good Value, But Quality Not As Good As The Flip Ultra |
We found the "Creative Labs Vado" pocket camcorder on Amazon's Deal of the Day for roughly 1/2 the price of the Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder, 60-Minutes (White) (which we already own and use a lot), it seemed to be worth the risk of buying it as a backup pocket camcorder. Here are my observations:
Pros:
* Acceptable video quality *FOR THE PRICE* - The Vado is much more grainy and washed out than the Flip Ultra.
* Has built in USB connector - Like the Flip Ultra, it is very short but the Flip includes an extension cable
* Has Video Out - can be connected to a TV for playback, but no cables included (Flip Ultra includes the cables)
* Large LCD screen - Bigger screen than the Flip Ultra
* Saves files in AVI format - No conversion needed
* Very Small - Much smaller form factor than the Flip Ultra
* Internal Rechargable Batteries - Recharges from USB, Flip Ultra takes 2 AA batteries
Cons:
* Low Video Quality - but again good for the price
* Awful Audio Quality - Seriously bad audio quality almost makes the Vado useless for fliming beyond 10' or so
So for a really inexpensive camcorder, with YouTube usable quality, this is a fairly good option. For use in any meaningful way, not so much. We will give the Vado to our son and keep the Flip Ultra for our use. |
| Dec 29, 2008 |
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| Easy to use |
| My 10-year-old loves this! He and his friends are making stupid movies and posting them on youtube for the rest of their friends to enjoy. I control what gets posted to youtube with password security. Anytime someone uses his name or some other detail that you don't want to share with child-predators, I just refuse to post it. The kids are learning a little internet safety while having fun being silly kids and creating movies and silly storylines. I highly recommend this as a toy for the middle-school age group. |
| Dec 28, 2008 |
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| "WARNING. Handling this product may expose you to chemicals known to cause cancer (?!!!)... |
| and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling." Creative Labs and Amazon know that many Vados are purchased for children. They also know that we do not generally examine the interior flaps of boxes for important health warnings. Shame on you! Recall this product! Thanks, T. Gleason, for seeing the SMALL (5-point font) "notice" on the interior flap of the box. |
| Dec 28, 2008 |
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| UPDATED REVIEW |
I bought this as a gold box deal, and was very excited to get such a great price for such a neat little gadget. I bought it as a starter video camera for my son, but was very disappointed to open the box and read the lead warning on the side, asking users to wash hands thoroughly after each use.
Update since original post:
I have since contacted the company, and wanted to post their reply:
"I assure that there's nothing to worry about Creative products. This warning has been included to comply with Californian legislation (Proposition 65) as the cable bundled with your device contains a very small amount of lead to keep the copper wire and plastic cable more malleable. This cable design is very common and used in practically all household appliances. In our testing the average lead content of our cables is between 100 and 300 parts per million (ppm), significantly lower than inmany household appliances at 1000 ppm." |
| Dec 27, 2008 |
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