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The editors liked
Its portable
Its easy to use
Its quick and responsive
Easy to share videos. Good built-in software. Instant recording. Generous memory
Wideangle lens
Builtin USB cable
The not-so-daft Vado is going head-to-head with Flip’s Mino HD. It isn’t quite a clone war
The Vado HD boasts twice the storage (8GB)
A larger (2-inch) screen
Removable battery and custom HDMI connector for instant plasma screen playback. E...
Portable
Ease of use
Good in low light
Image quality
Small and easy to use
Bright and colourful recordings
Software and cables included
Video quality
HDMI connection
Easy to use
On-board software link to YouTube
Solid 720p video
Ultra-slim design
Removable
Rechargeable battery
One-touch video uploading to YouTube and Photobucket
Includes mini HDMI connector and bundled cable for outputting 1080i video to an HDTV
The editors didn't like
Very expensive
Frame rate is terrible
Non-expandable memory. Washed out images
Average stabilization
It’s HD
Jim
But not as we know it. George Lucas wouldn’t be over-joyed with the Vado’s wobbly colours
Juddery motion and faint audio. And when ‘budget’ cameras get this pricey
You might start wondering where the video lig...
No optical zoom
Price
Some video quality problems
More expensive than most
No AV cable supplied
A little pricy
No flash-memory slot
Mac users have to manually copy video files to their computers
White balance is slightly off and colours are a bit amped
Abstract: Although it was the Flip Video which introduced the Internet video camera format to the world, in the UK Creative beat Flip to market. Now that attention is turning to high definition, Creative has yet again usurped Flip. Before we have the Mino HD in our...
Solid 720p video; ultra-slim design; removable, rechargeable battery; easy to use; one-touch video uploading to YouTube and Photobucket; includes mini HDMI connector and bundled cable for outputting 1080i video to an HDTV
No flash-memory slot; Mac users have to manually copy video files to their computers; white balance is slightly off and colours are a bit amped
The Creative Vado HD may fall slightly short of the Flip Video Mino HD in terms of video quality, but it's stronger feature set may tempt you ...
Abstract: The Vado HD also struggles to record colours accurately – our outside sequence was massively oversaturated and looked as if we’d shot it in high summer rather than in mid-October. Although the Vado HD is one of the more compact camcorders in our round up, it’s too expensive considering its barely any..
Abstract: Is HD video capture really the future of memory making? Let us know in the comments below.There seems to be no hotter gadget marketplace right now other than the mini camcorder arena. Between solid efforts from industry leaders like Flip Video and Koda...
Abstract: Video Review: Kevin and Olivia go in your pocket to talk about the Creative Vado HD Pocket Camcorder, and to see whether or not the li'l guy has the firepower to hang with the big boys. ...
Abstract: Need a budget camcorder? Or just heard about the Vado and are wondering what its like? Well, read Bright Hubs take on this small, yet popular pocket camcorder. IntroRating The Creative Labs Vado HD 720p comes with true HD video quality. At around $2...
Slim, lightweight design, Detailed 720p video with smooth zoom action, 8GB internal storage, Includes an HDMI cable
Relatively expensive, Video is dimmer than competitors’, Audio consistently cuts out before the video ends, Onboard software doesn’t run on Macs
As with the original Creative Vado, we feel that the $229 Vado HD bests its competitors in many categories—slimness, internal storage, and the inclusion of both an HDMI port and cable. Our 720p video showed an impressive amount of detail, however, t...
