Merely months after launching the
Flip Video,
Pure Digital is hitting back with the sleeker, sexier Flip Video Ultra. The ultra-compact
camcorder touts "on-board software to enable editing, organizing, and seamless video uploading to AOL,
YouTube and other video sharing sites," and even includes a video output for watching captures on TV. The device includes a flip-out USB port for connecting to your PC, is already available in white, pink, black and orange motifs for $149.99 (1GB) or $179.99 (2GB), and reportedly holds "60 minutes of full VGA-quality video" on the latter.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Singh @ Sep 12th 2007 9:36AM
its good for people who will only use it for youtube, but i guess if its for other purpose better get two different gadgets, which is a PMP and a camcorder. Nowadays camcorders is getting cheap as well with the BD-R Technology competition.
Canman99 @ Sep 12th 2007 9:54AM
I agree. For quick You Tube material, that may be half-decent, but I would rather get a reasonable DV camcorder.
LondonConsultant @ Sep 12th 2007 1:34PM
Most people seem to say the Flip is good enough only for YouTube (or similar) and they'd use DV otherwise... Well, I found the video quality of the original Flip to be exceptional for the price (I use many camcorders up to XDCAM). The Flip records 30FPS VGA in high bitrate XviD; the quality is better than any current cameraphone and much better than YouTube's current QVGA. Test a Flip and you may find the video quality is better than expected...
hazel @ Sep 12th 2007 9:53AM
hope to get soon.....
Michael @ Sep 12th 2007 10:13AM
The realm of solid state, non hard drive based camcorders are taking off. Sany and their Xacti series are going alot of place. IF a company can make a standard definition camcorder, with features like 4:3 and 16:9, mic in etc, with great video quality (enough for perfect videos on a tv) for under $300, many including me would jump on that. Also indy film making is taking off to and why these camcorders are getting more popular.
dumis @ Sep 12th 2007 10:17AM
I would buy one like that only to use it for youtube videos
Andrew @ Sep 12th 2007 10:29AM
Why not "rent" the CVS one for 20 and hack it. You save like 160 dollars.
safetyobc @ Sep 12th 2007 10:48AM
I have one of the original versions of this camera. It was given to me as a gift. I don't think I would have purchased it for the $100 price tag, but it is actually a decent video recorder. The video quality isn't the best, but it works well for short videos.
Jolly Roger @ Sep 12th 2007 3:37PM
I bought an older version of the 2Gb PureDigital to use for recording motorcycle rides. The price makes it basically disposable (compared to a digital camcorder or my Archos PMA430+bulletcam).
The down sides of the old one: the form factor makes it hard to mount, and the battery life is basically barely long enough to record continuously for 30 minutes.
I'm probably going to see if I can hack it to run off bike power.
Quality is reasonable, the biggest issue was that it was lousy with variable light levels, blooming out or going dark too often.
Capt. Castellanos @ Sep 12th 2007 4:35PM
does anyone remember that CVS 20 min disposable camcorder hack?
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/08/how_to_cvs_vide_1.html
20 dollars for the same exact thing.
except you can only record 20 minutes, instead of one hour.
still doesn't justify the price.
Ole Aabenhus @ Sep 24th 2007 3:50PM
Very interested to use Pure Digital's FLip Video, but it seems impossible to buy here in Europe (i.e. to have it sent out of the U.S.).
Any suggestions?
oaa@tdcspace.dkOle
Daniel @ Sep 26th 2007 4:01PM
Try this website!
http://scibody.com/?digitalworld