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For the YouTuber in You
by Will Safer
December 2007 Issue
December 2007 Issue
Two low-priced, point-and-shoot video cameras designed to keep things simple.
HD Camcorders
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A few electronics companies are offering consumer HD camcorders that sell for less than $2,000.
Cheaper
It looks like a toy, but the Flip Video Ultra by Pure Digital has a user-friendly design and an appealingly low price—$179 for the 60-minute model, $149 for the 30-minute. A built-in USB connector sends footage to a computer, or you can view it on the camera.
Cheapest
For dance-recital emergencies, Pure Digital also makes a $29 one-time-use video camera, sold through CVS and Rite Aid. (Add another $13 to process the footage.) Image quality is about what you’d expect, and our battery died after recording just 15 minutes of material.
It looks like a toy, but the Flip Video Ultra by Pure Digital has a user-friendly design and an appealingly low price—$179 for the 60-minute model, $149 for the 30-minute. A built-in USB connector sends footage to a computer, or you can view it on the camera.
Cheapest
For dance-recital emergencies, Pure Digital also makes a $29 one-time-use video camera, sold through CVS and Rite Aid. (Add another $13 to process the footage.) Image quality is about what you’d expect, and our battery died after recording just 15 minutes of material.
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