The first thing you notice when you open the Mino HD is how small it is. It measures 3.94" x 1.97" x 0.63" (10 x 5 x 1.6 cm) and weighs only 3.3 ounces. Easily smaller than an iPod or PDA, in fact smaller than most cell phones and digital still cameras; the Mino HD is incredibly portable. Also included in the box are a wrist strap, a carry case and an A/V cable (composite video and stereo audio).
Using the Mino is a snap. It recharges via...
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Flip Video Mino HD
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bradk
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You may also want to review the Vado HD!
I got a Vado HD (Creative Labs) for Christmas. The Flip gets all the press, but the Vado has 8GB of memory AND HDMI output at 720p. We've had a lot of fun with it. 
Repeat after me: "It's only a movie, It's only a movie......"
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bigmutt
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Yeah, nice ..... but compared to what? a cell phone camera??
Like previous reviewer said, the Flip HD gets all the press but there are MUCH better (and cheaper) pocket video cameras in HD out there. The Kodak is probably one of the best right now, but RCA Small Wonder is a very nice camera too, for less than half the price and many features not found on the Flip.
The big limitations of the Flip HD are the memory (not expandable) and the batteries (non-replaceable). Both these limitations don't exist with the others, including the Small Wonder which I also own and love.
But don't take my word for it: read the latest issue (March ??) of Maximum PC for the review of the Kodak pocket video; they talk a lot about THIS Flip HD in that review and you'll see what I mean. Like they point out in that review, the format used for recording in this Flip HD is not at all user-friendly and cannot just directly be given to someone to use as they please, whereas the Kodak product can.
I've now had my Flip HD for 4 months and can attest to the bad picture quality you get much of the time, compared to my RCA Small Wonder.
I suggest buying this unit somewhere where you can return it after trying it out, and when you also compare it to the other similar products out there, you will see why they are a better choice.
Oh, and their tech support? Wow! when I emailed them with a question concerning one of the buttons on the unit, they asked me to send them a photo of what I was refering to, evidently because they did not even have a sample unit to reference in their tech support department.
Speaking of the buttons on this Flip HD, that is another of the really annoying things about this design: they are purely touch-sensitive, no tactile or sound feedback once you press a button, so often you don't know whether your "touch" actually activated it or not. Numerous times you just accidentally brush a finger across the front and it activates one of the touch-sensitive buttons, when you did not mean to engage it.
The big limitations of the Flip HD are the memory (not expandable) and the batteries (non-replaceable). Both these limitations don't exist with the others, including the Small Wonder which I also own and love.
But don't take my word for it: read the latest issue (March ??) of Maximum PC for the review of the Kodak pocket video; they talk a lot about THIS Flip HD in that review and you'll see what I mean. Like they point out in that review, the format used for recording in this Flip HD is not at all user-friendly and cannot just directly be given to someone to use as they please, whereas the Kodak product can.
I've now had my Flip HD for 4 months and can attest to the bad picture quality you get much of the time, compared to my RCA Small Wonder.
I suggest buying this unit somewhere where you can return it after trying it out, and when you also compare it to the other similar products out there, you will see why they are a better choice.
Oh, and their tech support? Wow! when I emailed them with a question concerning one of the buttons on the unit, they asked me to send them a photo of what I was refering to, evidently because they did not even have a sample unit to reference in their tech support department.
Speaking of the buttons on this Flip HD, that is another of the really annoying things about this design: they are purely touch-sensitive, no tactile or sound feedback once you press a button, so often you don't know whether your "touch" actually activated it or not. Numerous times you just accidentally brush a finger across the front and it activates one of the touch-sensitive buttons, when you did not mean to engage it.