Sega Toys' unveils Movie Carrier camcorder for kids

If you're tired of shuffling through the myriad of grown-up camcorders out there, or just want to get your up-and-coming kid schooled correctly in the realm of technology, Sega Toys' has your device. The 68 x 85 x 40-millimeter handheld Movie Carrier has all the markings of a clichéd holiday gift, but the one difference here is that this bad boy actually records full-motion video. Sporting a CMOS sensor, 4x zoom, 1.5-inch flipout monitor, SD slot, TV outputs, and a kid-friendly pink / blue enclosure, Sega's toyish camcorder records 320 x 240 resolution video and even still pictures in the form of AVI / JPEG onto the included 32MB SD card. While the image quality here is likely to be just marginally above pitiful, you're sure to acquire a few priceless (albeit pixelated) home videos letting this loose in the hands of a youngster, and hey, giving your favorite child the means to catch that oh-so-mischievous one red-handed will only run you ¥13,440 ($114).

[Via The Raw Feed]

[sebastienb @ Oct 9th 2006 3:56PM]

these cams are the mustek dv3000 rebranded, I have an old mustek and ive also seen them at target under a difrent brand

[par @ Oct 9th 2006 2:57PM]

This looks like a rebranded Mustek camcorder.

[teo @ Oct 9th 2006 2:58PM]

It's not pink or anything, but at half the price for the same poor specs, you might as well get the Gateway DV-S20:
http://www.pcpartsohio.com/BookDetail.aspx?item_id=564

[Rick Lyon @ Oct 9th 2006 3:44PM]

Are there any of these cool little cheap cammys for mac? I'd love to get my little girl one and let her play around in iMovie.

[John T. Haller @ Oct 9th 2006 4:00PM]

Or you could hack one of the CVS disposable camcorders and have them use that. Better video. And it's cheaper. I gave one to my nieces and nephews and they tore around the house videoing all sorts of random stuff. It was a kick.

[eirikso @ Oct 9th 2006 3:55PM]

It's not pink, but here's something that's practically IDENTICAL and available at WallMart for $78.66. Have a look here: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4105026

We have one. Bought it about a year ago. Sega, what's new here?

[Rob Stevens @ Oct 9th 2006 3:54PM]

Suddenly, the "Paris Hilton Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset" goes from the crazed rantings of two guys who make a popular cartoon to painful, mind-numbing reality.

[Mrfreezie @ Oct 9th 2006 4:49PM]

Heading to a YouTube near you..

[Matt @ Oct 9th 2006 6:26PM]

Why is there an apostrophe in "Toys"?

[TIMMAH! @ Oct 9th 2006 7:33PM]

Of course you left out one of the most important stats... what the heck is the framerate?

[kirk @ Oct 10th 2006 1:05AM]

yes.. the DV-3000 we used it in a school project to send a camera to 80000 feet, whats new about this again?