Handheld HD Camcorders

[Magic Johnson]

New phase or what? LOADS of them going cheap, no bigger than an iPhone, that can record 1080p and output it to your TV in that res as well. They support up to 32g SDHC cards and have very decent battery life.

Anybody got one?

 

[Gally]

I had one years ago.

The ex took it. Along with everything else we had bought. She's such a c**t.

f**king c**t.

 

[Magic Johnson]

I meant like this type:

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.208-2639.aspx

the pocket ones.

 

[Gally]

I don't care, she's a c**t.

 

[matt|H]

I had one years ago.

The ex took it. Along with everything else we had bought. She's such a c**t.

f**king c**t.

Hope you got any footage off first lol

I'm actually looking at these and I'm very tempted. Will be getting an iPhone 4 soon which from what I've read has a pretty decent 720 camera, but wouldn't want to kill my phone battery so will most likely just grab one of these for what... 130 quid? Bargain!

 

[Magic Johnson]

My father-in-law just popped through to show me his, a Samsung, 5mp for under £100 from Tesco of all places.

Looked very snazzy indeed!

 

[Gally]

5mp? How old is that?

 

[Magic Johnson]

Que?

 

[Gally]

Ah Manuel!

Si!

 

[Sym0n]

I've got some Toshiba one, cheap as owt but does the trick. Bought it for track days and snowboarding...and so far used it for neither lol. Qualities ok, you do get what you pay for though.

 

[Magic Johnson]

Ah Manuel!

Si!

Si senior!*

The quality looks nee bad! Obviously it's not superb but for sub 100 quid it's amazing!

 

[Sym0n]

Oh aye, it's HD but compare it to my 500D HD video and you can clearly see the difference. All depends on what you're using it for, cheap and cheerful can save a lot of heart (and wallet) ache in the long run if you're just using it for f**king about (take from that what you will lol).

 

[oska]

I can recomend the Flip one, was quite impressed with the non HD one when it came out.

 

[mugglesquop]

and to think the one we have was £2000... Sony thing, records 1080p and 5.1 surround sound. 120gb HDD built in

 

[Brookie.]

I bought one of these about a month ago:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001SN72TK/?tag=cliospnet01-21

Depending on what you want to use it for, it's great for the price! Get's good reviews too!

There's loads of sample video's people have done on Youtube.

Anyway, I love mine! Only gripe is the low light shooting, gets a bit grainy. But you're going to get that on anything sub £200.

 

[Magic Johnson]

LOL my old man just bought that one, was on HotUKDeals! Very nice bit of (cheap!) kit!

 

[Brookie.]

LOL my old man just bought that one, was on HotUKDeals! Very nice bit of (cheap!) kit!

Yeh I found it on there too!
However it was 39.99 when I found it. They've put it back up a tenner since then
For what I use it for it's perfect. Plus it comes with a HDMI cable, rechargeable batteries with charger etc.

It looks even better when put through a HD TV

 

[MikeC]

Got myself a flip ultra HD, its ace: http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/flip-ultra-hd-69-99-flip-ultra-64-9/709540

 

[Alex H]

I bought the kodak zi8 to use as a trackday camera. Can record in 1080p or 720p @ 60fps. None too shabby.

 

[PinkoCommie]

5mp? How old is that?

1080p is a resolution of 1920*1080, giving 2073600 pixels.
5mp has 5 mega pixels, which is 5242880 pixels. (equivalent of about 3053*1717 in the same aspect ratio as 1080p)

 

[Magic Johnson]

Yeah, that!

Screw you Gally. <3