Creative's $200 Vado HD pocket camcorder ready for pre-order

We've seen these Amazon "leaks" time and again. So while the December 7th date for the Vado HD might be an educated guess, the details including that $200 price tag certainly look real enough. The display still measures 2-inches, but the beefier 3.3 x 7.9 x 6.3-inch solid state camcorder now brings 8GB of storage for up to 2 hours of 720p MPEG-4 recordings -- 8 hours at VGA quality. It also ships with an HDMI cable for instant playback to your like-equipped television. Otherwise, slot the cam into your PC's (XP and Vista, only) USB port to instantly share your works to YouTube and others with the help of the cam's built-in Vado Central Software. With this, the Kodak Zi6, and Flip Mino HD, there certainly won't be any shortage of pocket HD cameras of suspect-tweener quality to choose from this holiday season.

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[Rdrunner @ Nov 26th 2008 2:52AM]

3x8x6 inch huh?

Put that in your pocket, Engadget, and tell me you're happy to see me!

[Don @ Dec 14th 2008 7:08PM]

The dimensions you list were an error. It is almost the same size as the Flip Mino HD, but it is a bit wider because it has a larger 2" LCD instead of the Flip Mino's 1.5" LCD.

[BJ is Gooder @ Nov 26th 2008 3:23AM]

I'm getting one - thanks engadget!

[Stephen @ Nov 26th 2008 6:20AM]

And I thought only comments got double-posted...

[Nando @ Nov 26th 2008 9:57AM]

Awesome! I love my Vado... It SO doesn't look like a camera. This one looks like a camera and a bit less like an MP3 player, though.

[Magallanes @ Nov 26th 2008 11:07AM]

Fine price but, is it come with video stabilizer feature?. If not then crap, truly you don't want to take a 720p video without stabilizer or a tripod.

[GingerFox @ Nov 26th 2008 2:32PM]

tbh even if it is HD i still think the image quality will be awful

[PingJocky @ Nov 26th 2008 11:39PM]

Otherwise, slot the cam into your PC's (XP and Vista, only) == fail...