The latest entrant into the compact, cheap camcorder running crew currently spearheaded by the Flip and all of its variants is now available–the Creative Vado shoots 720p, has HDMI-out and costs $US200.
HDMI out is the biggest differentiation from the Flip MinoHD; the Vado also doubles the onboard memory to 8GB over the MinoHD’s 4GB. Both have the same $US230 MSRP, and same general $US200 street price. We’ll have a more in-depth look at the Vado all in due time, but for now, recall that the original Vado did not blow us away. [Product Page]
FrankR
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 4:39 PMI’ve got the original Vado and have really liked it for the price. Good, solid unit that has performed well for me. BTW, its been on sale for $79.99 plus some accessories and shipped free.
I just ordered the Vado HD and am looking forward to it. Creative is discounting it $30 as an introductory price. Likely to beat the Mino.
Check out the Vado discounts here:
http://us.creative.com/local/1/promo/vadogate/welcome.asp