We've seen bargain-basement brands
toss gaming functionality into a non-gaming device in a somewhat futile attempt to
polish up a product before, and apparently,
DXG has caught the consolidation bug too. The DXG-589V handheld camera / camcorder mimics the design of Sanyo's
Xacti HD2, but rather than packing excellent resolution and HD capturing abilities, this rendition scales back on the goods that matter in order to reach a rock bottom price. Users will find a three-inch
LTPS monitor, five-megapixel CMOS sensor, MP3 support, a rechargeable Li-ion cell, SD card slot, and direct recording abilities from an external video source, but you'll only be grabbing MPEG4 footage at 640 x 480 resolution. Additionally, you'll discover 20 less-than-enthralling games built right in, and with the PlayStation-esque
control pad, Sony fans shouldn't have any problem getting the buttons down. Of course, the stripped-down nature of this here device allows DXG to shed a few dollars off the purchase price, but we'd be seriously cautious about dropping even $199.99 for this one.
posted April 16th 2007 4:44PM
I don't see why this is so crappy. Decent specs for the price. Depends on image quality of course, but that is an unknown now.
Is there a possibility of hacking it to get better quality video?
Why is it that engadget always decide to make fun of every gadget? You don't have to be mean to be laid back.
I have a DXG camera, a really old one with only a 2 mp sensor. Their products are definitely the bottom of the line in features and aren't pretty like my other sony camera, but the quality is not as bad as engadget would have you believe.
Bring us a review, Engadget!
Looks Like a Nokia N93 Apart from the Phone Features and better Camera Quality