mi VDO FX DV Cam: crappy flash-based video making for the children

YouTube auteurs aren't exactly short on options for capturing those sub-10 minute masterpieces, but the b2 folks that brought us the miJam have decided to give this crowded market a shot with the new mi VDO FX DV Cam. The shooter sports a 1.5-inch screen, 4x digital zoom (that must look real pretty with this kind of resolution to work with), 18 built-in in-camera special effects, on-the-go editing, SD card slot and USB / AV ports. There's also apparently a mini-jack input for recording music from your MP3 player while you're shooting video. No word on price or availability.

[Via Chip Chick]

[Neon Jebus @ Aug 28th 2007 9:56AM]

It looks like a kids toy version of my old Sony Ericsson s710.

[strider_mt2k @ Aug 28th 2007 10:00AM]

If it's cheap it might be fun to play with.

Try for a hands-on if you can Engadget, please?

[John @ Aug 28th 2007 10:01AM]

reminds me of 2/3 of a certain idea by Microsoft... http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/09/microsoft-pranks-with-ofone-apple-rolls-eyes/

[Evan @ Aug 29th 2007 12:34AM]

I was thinking the exact same thing! I bet they saw the video and were like, why not!

Ha, at least I wasn't the only one!

[neW1 @ Aug 28th 2007 10:12AM]

99$ but it's not official.Not looking bad.

[The Pepto Pimp @ Aug 28th 2007 10:14AM]

Who cares about Red's 4k when I can plug my iPod into it for location soundtracking!!!!11!!one

[Rob @ Aug 28th 2007 10:16AM]

This looks like Sony's MyLO

[Grinn Daddy @ Aug 28th 2007 12:05PM]

What's that button on the left? "Colon FX?" I know kids poop a lot, but is it really necessary to dedicate a whole button to such a thing?

[Matt @ Oct 31st 2007 11:31PM]

that would be "Color" FX

[Modano @ Aug 28th 2007 1:33PM]

You know, for kids.

[Seth @ Aug 28th 2007 4:02PM]

Man, Paul, you really have it in for inexpensive photo/video solutions for kids, don't you? (See http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/06/dxg-announces-5mp-boringcam-for-the-tweens/)

I think we can assume you don't have kids yourself, or you might be a little more open-minded about this kind of product.

I know a blog isn't exactly a neutral forum for posting news items, but sheesh, dude, if you don't like it, don't post it. Or, on the other hand, since you're getting paid to post this, at least just present it in a semi-mature way, will ya? You're not exactly making any friends with your audience with this rhetoric.

[Tom @ Aug 28th 2007 6:47PM]

Back in my day, we would have been geeked to have a PXL2000