Archive for the 'Less than $300' Category
Flip Video Ultra Review
Sunday, November 25th, 2007At the time of this writing, the best selling camcorder at Amazon.com isn’t a model from Sony, Canon, or Panasonic. It happens to be the Flip Video Ultra, the third iteration of Pure Digital Technologies’ simple plug-and-play video camera that features a hideaway USB connector and built-in software that makes viewing and sharing your videos [...]
Samsung SC-D372 Review
Saturday, November 24th, 2007It’s easy to assume that all budget camcorders look alike. They’re all small, inexpensive miniDV devices with 25x to 35x zoom lenses, sub-megapixel sensors, and very few bells and whistles. Because of this, you might be tempted to assume that they’re all the same. Unfortunately, that isn’t the case. Under every cookie-cutter camcorder are countless [...]
Sony NSC-GC1 Review
Saturday, November 24th, 2007Every company wants to get a taste of YouTube’s popularity, and Sony’s no exception. In a jarring change from the company’s Cyber-shot and Handycam lines of digital cameras and camcorders, Sony released the NSC-GC1, a pocket camera/camcorder designed specifically for YouTube and its myriad Web video analogs. At just $200, the GC1 aims squarely at [...]
Panasonic PV-GS85 Review
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007Budget camcorders might not seem flashy, but they play an important part in every camcorder line. They’re designed to be an affordable, no-frills product that anyone can pick up for just a few hundred dollars. Since price is their main selling point, however, they tend to lack features that are standard on higher-end models. Among [...]
Flip Video F130 Camcorder Review
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Last year, Pure Digital Technologies put out a simple plug-and-play video camera called the Point & Shoot Video Camcorder, which featured a hideaway USB connector and built-in software that made viewing and sharing your videos incredibly easy. At the same time, RCA licensed the technology from Pure Digital and released its own version of the [...]
