DXG announces 5MP boringcam for the tweens

So, mommy and daddy are too cheap to spring for an AVCHD cam, what's an up-and-coming Spielberg to do? Snap up a DXG-506V, shoot those vids, and curse every minute of it. For $150 you can have your pick of a few different colored cameras, each with a 5.1 megapixel sensor and VGA 30 fps video recording. There's 32MB of built-in memory, along with an SD card slot to boost the minutes of crappy video or number of crappy pictures you can capture. The device also works as an MP3 player, voice recorder or webcam, and includes a 1.7-inch flip-out LCD screen, along with useless 4x digital zoom and 12 megapixel upsampling features. The 506V runs on three AAA batteries, and should be available now at major retailers.

[ja$on @ Feb 6th 2007 12:51PM]

Why is engadget even reporting on crap like this?

[Lonnie McClure @ Feb 6th 2007 1:10PM]

I suspect when shooting outdoors, this camera will produce footage that would be of acceptable quality for posting on YouTube.

Anyone looking for quality (and willing to tolerate more bulk) will probably spend a bit more and get a DV camcorder (or a used one for about the same price).

[Robert @ Feb 6th 2007 2:01PM]

Engadget... Please tell me what you really think about it.


If you hate it so much, why report on it?

Damn, I wouldn't use it as paperweight but, I just won't report on it either.

[kuzu-b @ Feb 6th 2007 3:50PM]

I actually own one of these for day to day shooting that I just toss in my bag(not the pink one). I don't know what all the hate is about, it's a decent little camera to get for someone not obsessed with tech-crap, and they're cheap (mine was 120 I guess the pink paint must cost an extra 30 bucks?) Since when was 5.1 mega pixels crap? Not everyone is a tech obsessed geek that has to have a 20 mega pixel camera you know, they DO make technology for NORMAL people who don't live and die by the specs of their machines.

To sum it up, get off your high horses.

[Daniel D @ Feb 6th 2007 2:40PM]

lol I love the way this post was written with such enthusiasm, i agree this was not worth posting on but its still nice to know about crappy low end products.

[Akcelik @ Feb 6th 2007 2:46PM]

are you guys allowed to say stuff like "boringcam" "crappy video" "crappy pictures" when making a review???

Engadget's review of this cam is "boring" "crappy" "infantile".

[Moby Disk @ Feb 6th 2007 3:32PM]

What's so awful about it? That looks like a lot of features for $150 and a really small form factor. There's nothing in your review that indicates the quality is anything but what one might expect for that price tag. Heck, I've run around with an old laptop and a cheap $25 webcam and been excited. This thing looks way cooler than that.

[Markus @ Feb 6th 2007 3:55PM]

Agree very much with Robert. Normally the articles here highlight something original or some astonishing ueber oddness about a product, and are not plain product reviews. And yes, if you think it's that a load of crap, don't report about it.

BTW someone who buys a camera in that colour probably doesn't mind the quality of the video.

[Mogley Dawg @ Feb 6th 2007 5:17PM]

I got a laugh outta this. Now you can equipz all yo' hood ratz fo' less dollas n' git da multiple angles of da' front back and side ta' side.

Yeah boooooy!

[Seth @ Feb 6th 2007 5:51PM]

I actually was just thinking about how useful something like this would be to parents that are tired of telling their gadget-curious kids to keep their dirty mitts off the family camera. This is a (relatively) cheap solution to that situation. I'm not going to drop thousands of dollars on AVCHD or whatever, just to give the kids something to play with. On the other hand, VGA at 30fps? That's better than most digicams, and definitely plenty for our SDTV setup, or YouTube. And 5.1 MPx is nothing to sneeze at, either. It's not like we'll be needing 11X17 prints from those pictures.

There IS a market for this kind of thing, Paul, even if it's not YOU. Try to reduce the level of your Elite Gadget Prejudice a tad.

Oh, and try this site for helpful writing hints:
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/crappy

I can't believe you actually got paid to write that...

[Cal @ Feb 7th 2007 5:02AM]

This would be great for a sports camera, smash it? no big deal!

[KingRizzo @ Feb 7th 2007 7:53AM]

haha Engadget going hard on this camera, may aswell call it a piece shit Y'AO'MEAN