http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/ Engadget Comments for Aiptek cranks out 720p pocket camcorder for $170 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/* the 'p' stands for 'piss.']]>Sep 13th 2007 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/
That being said, no optical zoom kills the product but I'm curious about how the video looks. It'll make my purchase seem pretty silly if the video works well. ]]>Sep 13th 2007 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/If this cam can maintain 30fps, which I doubt, then it would be nice to have.

View the GO-HD 720P "Sample Video"
http://www.goaiptek.com/samples/GO-HD_video-sample.MOV

The sample looks nice, but is it legit?
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Thanks for posting the sample. I would guess that it is a legit clip, but keep in mind that shot with relatively unchallenging conditions (mainly light.) One area these budget camcorders tend to perform poorly in is low to moderate light.]]>Sep 13th 2007 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/

Aiptek makes the worst cameras in existence. The only attractive thing is the price tag.
Your better of getting a MiniDV cam.
The Panasonic NV-GS60EG will make you happier than this piece of utter shit.

Aiptek saves to SD. Nuff said.]]>Sep 13th 2007 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 14th 2007 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/
If it really does use a 5-8mp sensor then with 1280x720 being approx 1 megapixel there is plenty of magnification that can be done wihtout enlargeing pixels. Of course you will be pushing agsint the quality of the lens and noise of the sensor if not averaging several sensor pixels for each recorded one any more.]]>Sep 13th 2007 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Cool, I can get this and be like that kid who taped the psycho-cop trying to bring trumped up charges against him. Including the constant ticking sound, only faster ticking.

BTW, someone said something about recording to SD, now I don't know about you, but the medium it records to is not as important as the format it records [AVI for instance is supposed to be lossless], but I think more important to format is optics and speed [Frames per second] because I know that my DVR sucks as I can't frame by frame through recordings.

MiniDV is the best, but slow to transfer, from my experience in days past.]]>Sep 13th 2007 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Nov 17th 2007 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.pixideal.ca/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=16&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=2691&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1]]>Sep 13th 2007 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=576996&forum_id=92&page=1

It really isn't bad at all for the price! For anyone who thinks the SD cards are more expensive than the camera: Where the hell do you shop? You can get an 8GB SD card for about $80 any day of the week online.]]>Sep 13th 2007 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 13th 2007 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Sep 15th 2007 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/13/aiptek-cranks-out-720p-pocket-camcorder-for-170/Nov 26th 2007 2:17PM