The PlayFull HD Waterproof camcorder is definitely a great product, however, its predecessor is still great as well. Recently, Amazon has slashed down the pricing for the PlayFull HD Video camera (blue-black, new model) from its pricing of $149.99 to just $69.99 with massive $79.96 discount. It’s equal to 53-percent discount that you would not want to miss it if you are currently looking for a HD camcorder that could take full HD 1080p video recording as simple as pressing button.

Kodak PlayFull HD camcorder is obviously not waterproof like the new version, but it still one of the camcorder that come with a great range of features that you can enjoy. It has 4x digital zoom, digital image stabilizer, has 5-megapixel CMOS sensor, support 32GB SD/SDHC card, and other specs that you can find the full list here.

According to what we have heard, this deal of 53-percent cut off is going to end on the next day (October 12, 2011), so if you are looking of a cheap yet quality HD camcorder, don’t hesitate to check it out!

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A company called Vision research has just launched a new high speed camera called Phantom v1610. As far as how fast, the company has stated that their Phantom v1610 is capable of recording up to an amazing 1 million frames per second!

Yep, this chubby looking machine (video camera) is actually a beast in disguise. Phantom v1610 high speed camera features widescreen CMOS sensor, and the resolution is available from the lowest 128 x 16p up to 1280 x 800p. However, the FPS on the largest resolution is only capable of reaching 16,000 frames per second.

As far as the other features goes, this Phantom v1610 hig speed camera has also featured 2 x HD-SDI ports that could be configured in various kind of ways, like what the source has described:

“They can act as identical 4:2:2 HD-SDI ports where one port can be set up to provide an (optional) on-screen display for monitoring the on-camera controls and camera operation. They can also be configured as a single 4:4:4 Dual-Link HD-SDI port.”

This video camera can also do GPS geo tagging, record directly to CineMag, and has 10GB ethernet connectivity. You can view the details of this high speed video camera over at Vision Research website.

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JVC has just popped in a new gadget called Hybrid Digital Camera that looks so much like a modern style of DSLR camera. It was dubbed as JVC GC-PX1, this hybrid camera is equipped with a camcorder -like lens which packed with 1080p60 full HD video, 10-Megapixel still image, 10x optical zoom lens and up to 300fps high-speed shooting mode.

Specification wise, this JVC GC-PX1 hybrid digital camera is coming with 6400 ISO sensitivity, can shot 300fps at 640×360 resolution, has optical image stabilization, support SDXC/HC card, up to 320 shots per battery charges, and there an adjustable LCD that make shooting video easier.

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JVC GC-PX1 Hybrid Camera Looks Like An Enhanced DSLR Camera
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AdrenoCam can’t be a spy camera because of its bulky camera design. However, it’s like a great “watch tower” for yourself because it will keep a record of what’s happening in front of you without missing any evidence when accident happened.

Along with 720×480 color video recording at 30FPS (frames per second) and fully integrated microphone and speakers, this DVR also features H.264 video compression for near-DVD quality footage.
Even better, you get a 2.5 inch LCD screen that lets you see what you’re recording in real-time, as well as immediately review everything you’ve just recorded.

AdrenoCam Head Camcorder is featuring:

• LCD: 2.5 inch; Resolution: 960×240
• Video Resolution: 720 x 480 (30 FPS), AVI format
• Photo Resolution: 720 x 480, JPG format
• DVR Screen: 2.5 Inch LCD Screen
• Microphone: Built-in microphone
• Speaker: 13mm(diameter)(8O)
• TV Standard: PAL, NTSC
• External Memory: Micro SD card supports up to 32GB (Not included)
• Battery Capacity: 2300mAh rechargeable lithium battery (built-in)
• Battery Life: 4 hours of constant recording
• DVR Dimensions: 92 x 66 x 20 mm

This AdrenoCam is currently available at Chinavasion for $222 USD. It’s quite expensive for a 720×480 video recorder.

[via GeekAlerts]

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Other than their Kodak PlayTouch, Kodak Also offering a tiny video camera called Kodak Mini. This Kodak Mini is very thin and small, about as large as a credit card face and a pencil thin.

Kodak Mini featuring 1.8-inch color screen display, rain-proof features and a pop-out USB Arm similar to Kodak Playtouch. The Video camera will come with 2GB of SD card, and a rechargeable Li-Polymer battery. You can also easily stream the video to Facebook and Youtube, and you’ll get ARCSOFT MEDIA IMPRESSION SE Software pre-installed inside the camera memory.

Sadly, we do not know what’s the full specs of this Kodak Mini yet. However, if you are interested in this tiny video camera, Kodak Mini is currently available for pre-order at Amazon for $99.95 only.

[via I4U]

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Are you an avid video blogger? or do you love to do HD video recording to create albums of your life? Well, you might have heard about Flip UltraHD camcorder, haven’t you? If you still haven’t got yours, Amazon has a great deal for you. Up to $48.45 discounted, so you can get the Flip UltraHD camcorder 120 minutes black version for just $151.54 instead of $200. I’m not sure when this deal will end so make a quick decision if you need one of it.

Flip UltraHD Camcorder features

• Easy-to-use, pocket-sized HD camcorder featuring one-touch recording and digital zoom
• Simple user interface lets you start capturing video just seconds after powering on
• Captures 120 minutes of HD video on 8 GB of built-in memory; no tapes or additional memory cards required
• Convenient flip-out USB arm plugs directly into your PC or Mac to launch FlipShare software
• Built-in FlipShare software lets you easily email videos, edit individual clips, make custom movies, capture still photos from video, and even upload video to sharing sites like YouTube and MySpace

Get The Flip UltraHD Camcorder for $151.54.

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JVC GZ-HM550 camcorder, or the bluetooth-enabled camcorder is begin to ship in North America. JVC GZ-HM550 camcorder should be first to offer Bluetooth technology, and it is not coming alone with the connectivity, it also has a built-in GPS capability (after pairing up with bluetooth GPS or mobile Phone A-GPS) for Geo-tagging purposes. Pretty good to let you know where you record your movie.

Specification-wise, you can find 10.6 Megapixel CMOS sensor for Full HD recording, and up to 9 Megapixel for still image photography on this GZ-HM550. Not too shabby for a camcorder. At the same time, you can also find Konica Minolta HD lens, 16x dynamic zoom, Advanced Image Stabilizer SD/SDHC memory card slot and huge 32GB internal storage. The Bundled of JVC GZ-HM550 with Everio MediaBrowser software will cost you $799.95 a pop.

Deal: For a Limited time only, you can get JVC GZ-HM550 camcorder for $708.88 (save $91.07) at Amazon. The price may change without prior notification so be hurry if you need one.

Update: The following video was taken from Gary’s travel (everything-everywhere.com) blog:

[Read More: CrunchGear, Everything-Everywhere, Engadget]

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Samsung is going aggressive late on this month. After revealing a bunch of cameras, they’ve also unveiling two mini HD camcorders that will send chills down to their existing competitors’ spine (thanks to the exceptional features). The code name for the HD Camcorders is HMX-U15 and HMX-U20, both share the same general specs as having 2-inch LCD, recording resolution at 1920×1080 and image stabilization.

The most important distinction between Samsung HMX-U15 and HMX-U20 is the feature of 3x optical zoom and the ability to take a still images out of the moving objects. Samsung HMX-U15 can only take still pictures while Samsung HMX-U20 can do both 3x optical zoom and still image capturing.

According to TFTS, the still images taken from U15 equivalent of a 12-megapixel camera, while the HMX-U20′s result is equivalent to 20MP digital camera. Both camera can record 1080p video at 30fps, will be encoded into H.264 files.

As for connection, it has an USB port where you can use USB cable to hook up with your computer. You can also find a HDMI port for HDTV viewing. Both model will be available in blue, red, silver, and black. Samsung HMX-U15 and HMX-U20 will cost you about $229 and $249, respectively. Expect to see this two model of HD Camcorders to hit the store in this Spring 2010.

[via CrunchGear]

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Something interesting has been introduced by Chinavasion lately, in a form of never-seen long neck camcorder.
Why long neck? Well, it is all thanks to the never-seen huge and long telescopic lens for camcorder that you can usually find it in DSLR camera.

Wow, this looks crazy. The telescopic lens installed there is not really just for fun. The lens will help you achieving 8x optical zoom, a level where you can’t have it with the usual camcorder lens. Plus, the camera can do still shoot at 12MP, store 30fps video in SD card, has built-in flash light, and a good to see 3-inch flip-out screen.

The only downside that you may found on this Digital Video camcorder is the exclusion of native optical zoom, but it has 4x digital zoom and macro focus mode to cover-up the weakness.

If you are interesting in this long necked digital video camcorder with telescopic lens, go to Chinavasion to find out more.

[RedFerret Journal via SlipperyBrick]

Digital Video Camcorder with Long Telescope Zoom Lens
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DXG is releasing a cool HD camcorder for active users, which is dubbed as DXG-125V that could record 720p video with one touch of a button. DXG-125V is a wonderful alternative to many of HD camcorder we’ve seen in the past. Cobby Snapp CAM5000, Samsung HMX U10, Kodak Zx1, to name a few. However, all of them have the rugged case which is designed exclusively for outdoor usage, and you can operate the device single handed.

“The DXG-125V is a break-out product in the HD camcorder space,” said DXG USA senior marketing VP Paul Goldberg, in a statement. “We are excited to bring such an exciting product to market at such an affordable price, making the quality, compact HD camcorder accessible to all outdoor enthusiasts.”

DXG-125V HD Camcorder has 128MB onboard memory, but you can expand it with SD card until reach 8GB mark. Using the storage, you can record 720p video at 30 fps for about 1-2 hours of recording, or you can take still images with its 3MP lens sensor, which has been equipped with 2x digital zoom (unfortunately, no image stabilizer yet) and let you preview it at the 2-inch LCD display.

You will also find a HDMI output for HDTV footage, an earphone jack which allows you to turn this device into a MP3 Player and USB port for data transfer. According to Digital Trends, DXG-125V HD Camcorder has been available now with a price tag of $139.99.

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The latest Apple iPod Nano or what we’ve known as the Nano 5G has made lots of fans feeling blue of its nothing new design and specification. But for us, the iPod Nano 5G is interesting because of its built-in Camera with FM radio tuning capability.

iPod Nano 5G is now capable of recording video using its non HD camera. The captured video is stored in H.264 format and up to 30fps together with AAC audio format.

This 5th version is really all about the video features because beside the built-in camera, you will also get up to 15 real-time video special effects which including X-Ray, Sepia, Cyborg, Kaleido, Twirl and so on.

We can consider iPod Nano 5G as the World’s smallest digital camcorder, that could record more than 16 hours of video. This alone is an exciting feature for video blogger or Youtube fans.

There is no measurement distinction, pretty identical to the iPod nano 4G. But it does have a better and brilliant polished anodized aluminum finish comes in nine tasty colors. The iPod Nano 5G 8GB version is priced at $149 and 16GB at $179.

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After Samsung made their move to rival Flip UltraHD or Flip Mino camcorder with their HMX-U10 10MP Portable HD Camcorder, Kodak has moving forward to march the competition with their latest HD Camcorder Kodak Zi8 as well.

Kodak Zi8 HD Camcorder is a 1080p true HD camcorder, which is a better version of their previous Kodak Zx1 High Definition Camcorder. Kodak Zi8 also has a bigger screen of 2.5-inch (LCD), equipped with face recognition and image stabilization. Kodak Zi8 also provided an easy flip-out USB arm similar to Flip UltraHD so you can connect to your PC effortless. There are 3 colors series available for this Zi8 model. Blue, Red and Black which will retail for $179 in this September 2009.

(via Gadgetlite)

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I’m pretty a new fan to Camcorder as I’m planning to get one to record my holidays activity. I’ve doing a good research around and found most of Camcorder is lack in storage capacity especially the one with hard drive. But it seems there is some nice winds blowing from Panasonic, bringing their latest camcorder into my attention. Akihabara said that the new Panasonic Camcorder is going to have a huge 240GB Hard drive! Here is the snapshot of Panasonic HDC-HS350 Camcorder:

Well, I think it’s excellent because this Panasonic compact AVCHD camcorder has the famous 3Mos 10.6Mpix sensor and the 240GB capacity can store 100 hours of HD Video at 6Mbps (1440×1080) or equal to 31+ hours of HD Video at higher 17Mbps with max quality at 1920×1080. Pretty nice, I just hoping the battery will be able to sustain more than 2 hours or so. If not, you will need to recharge lots of time to fill the whole hard drive with your videos.

Panasonic HDC-HS350 Camcorder also allow you to record your movie and store it to your SDHC card (up to 32GB max) and it has a special feature – the IS or Image Stabilizer to prevent blur or ghost effects.

Pricing still unknown, but you should expect it to have a price tag about $1000 or above.

(via AkihabaraNews)

Panasonic has new Camcorder with 240GB HDD!
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Sanyo Xacti VPC-WH1 is a fresh looking waterproof digital camcorder with IPX8 certificate. If you are a diver, swimmer or love to record the scenery below the water surface, this Sanyo Xacti VPC-WH1 will be a good choice. The basic specification of this waterproof camcorder is to have a 30x optical zoom, 2.5-inch LCD display, up to 1.1MP image sensor and digital image stabilizer with ISO up to 1600.

There are up to 3 fresh colors available for you to choose. starting from light blue, groovy gray, bright yellow. Instead of going in length about this Sanyo Xacti VPC-WH1 Waterproof camcorder by myself, I’m going to recommend you to read TrustedReviews review about it. They have done a great jobs describing the detail and giving out the summary which you can find it below:

On paper, Sanyo looked like it had stolen a march on Panasonic with the Xacti VPC-WH1, as the first consumer-oriented waterproof HD camcorder. But whilst its moisture-repelling capabilities are commendable, video performance in poorly lit underwater conditions isn’t so outstanding. Nevertheless, you will still be able to grab many moments of aquatic pleasure, and at under £300 it’s incredibly good value. So this may not be the perfect HD video water baby, but at least Sanyo’s Xacti VPC-WH1 won’t mean you have to dig deep to dive deep.

overall rating: 8/10

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Who the hell is going to notice this power outlet is actually a surveillance Camera?! This is the most stealth spy gadget after seeing so many type spy gadget such as the cigarette lighter, MP4 watch spy camera, Camcorder sunglasses or even the Highlighter Pen.

This security camcorder power outlet has even more rocking feature such as the sound activation (Auto recording 5 minutes when the sound more than 65 db) from the surrounding and should back to sleep mode when no sound is detected. When the power run out, you can actually charge it via USB port provided at the bottom side of the power outlet. No external battery required.

Specification:

• Pinhole Lens
• Color Video Resolution: 640 x 480 pixel
• FPS: 29 frames per second
• Video file format: AVI
• Color Video and Audio
• MicroSD/TF: Support up to 4GB Memory
• Rechargeable Li-ion battery: 1050mA 3.7V

This stealth security camcorder could be yours for only $64 at Brando.com. With this spy gadget, you can watch everyone like a ninja without being notice.

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Here is a crazy deal for you who want to movie-digitalize all of your sweet memories. Buy.com has a 66% discount rate for their Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD700 High Definition Camcorder. The price was $599.95 and after discount, you will be able to get this HD Camcorder for $199.99 only!

SANYO Xacti VPC-HD700 High Definition Digital Camcorder Features:

• True 720p High-definition video
• 7 Megapixel stills
• 5x Optical zoom lens
• Records directly to SDHC memory cardsHDMI High-Definition Output
• Digital Image Stabilization
• In-Camera Editing
• Innovative Docking Station Included
• Superfast Startup (Record in as little as 1.3 seconds)
• Playback directly onto a HD or standard TV screen.
• Easy connection to VCR or DVD recorder
• Remote Control Included

SANYO Xacti VPC-HD700 HD Digital Camcorder
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There are several Full HD Camcorder in the market already. But Samsung has come with an new product, fusion of their renown SSD with their latest Full HD camcorder to obtained the title of the World’s First SSD FULL HD Camcorder.

What we are talking here is the Samsung HMX-H106 Camcorder which first showed off in CES 2009. Now people can start to enjoy the benefits of this camcorder as it’s officially available worldwide. Samsung HMX-H106 featured Schneider’s Varioplan-HD lens with 10x Optical Zoom.

In the 720p HD mode, you will obtain a 1920 x 1080 resolution with Time Lapse or interval recording feature. The internal SSD storage is in the size of 64GB, expandable using the provided SD Card Slot.

(source: AkihabaraNews via GadgetLite)

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If you are searching for a next level camcorder, you should check out this Hitachi DZ-BD70A blu-ray camcorder! Newegg’s Shell Shocker has this Hitachi DZ-BD70A camcorder price slashed! From the $510.99 to $399 – 22% discount!

You would also get a free shipping (yes, zero dollar!) via UPS (with guaranteed 3 business day service).

HITACHI DZ-BD70A Blu-Ray Camcorder Specs and features:

• Lens with 10X Optical Zoom, 500X Digital Zoom and 43mm Filter Diameter
• Records to BD-RE/-R/DVD Disc or store data to SD Card
• 2.7″ Widescreen View
• 2 Channel Stereo Dolby Digital

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Here is another gadget to be showcased at CES 2009 in Las Vegas. It’s a camcorder from Kodak code name Zx1 HD.

Kodak Zx1 HD camcorder is a digital recorder with high-definition quality of 720p. Each of the recorded video is at 60fps which is pretty fast for a small size portable camcorder.

It also features an on-board video editing, 32GB Storage capacity with SDHC card, 2-inch bright display and weather-resistant. You can also use Kodak Zx1 HD camcorder to direct upload the video to Youtube or other video sharing sites.

It will be available soon for estimated price of $150.

(via SlashGear)

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It seems in the future, no one with use the traditional peephole to see who’s coming knocking the door anymore. You know the traditional peephole sometimes is easily tricks and you won’t be able to do much but just a peek to a little hole with blur vision.

But it’s now different with this Digital Door Viewer. Check this picture out:

There is no need to make another hole on your door because this digital door viewer comes complete with the tool to replace your current peephole with the camera.

Featuring auto recording for people who visit your door, a high resolution 1.5 inch display for crystal recording, quick and easy installation for the available peephole.

Though this digital door viewer doesn’t not work well in a very low light condition, it still a great substitution for our old door peephole so we can have a better vision who’s coming.

Well, you might just install some of the Solar Outdoor lights to light your door and surrounding?

UPDATE:
Available to purchase at Thinkgeek.com for $200 with more feature such as motion sensor and video recording to a 4gigs SD card as well. (Source: OhGizmo)

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