Convince Me...Am I Missing Something? Why Would Somone Prefer the Flip HD to the Creative Vado HD ? Am I missing something that I should know? The Creative Vado HD because 8 Gb memory. 2" LCD screen. Interchangeable Lithium Ion battery. HDMI cable instead of composite for TV link.Flip HD because of what??? Convince Me...Am I Missing Something? Why Would Somone Prefer the Flip HD to the Creative Vado HD ? Am I missing something that I should know? The Creative Vado HD because 8 Gb memory.... » Read More Convince Me...Am I Missing Something? Why Would Somone Prefer the Flip HD to the Creative Vado HD ? Am I missing something that I should know? The Creative Vado HD because 8 Gb memory. 2" LCD screen. Interchangeable Lithium Ion battery. HDMI cable instead of composite for TV link.Flip HD because of what??? « Show Less
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May I suggest looking at comparative videos on YOUTUBE and making sure that you click on the HD option. I find the YOUTUBE quality to be better than Vimeo. Please post your reactions then.Awaiing the CNET comparative review...
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Actually the European versions are limited to 10 minute clips, not the US versions.
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The software for the Vado HD is totally different than it was for the Vado. I have seen no evidence that the older software was buggy. Please show me where you saw that Anyway the Vado HD has totally new and more capable software so the comment is irrelavent no matter what A major upgrade in the Vado HD software capability is evident on the Creative Singapore website. As for the video quality, see the Vado HD videos on YouTube HD version for yourself. The HDMI output and included HDMI cable with the Creative Vado HD ...allows for superior TV HD as the Flip Mino HD only has a composite output to a TV Awaiting more tests, but so far, the Vado HD has so much more going for it. The software for the Vado HD is totally different than it was for the Vado. I have seen no evidence that the older software was buggy. Please show me where you saw that Anyway the Vado HD has totally new and more capable software so the comment is irrelavent no matter what A major upgrade in the Vado HD software capability is evident on the Creative Singapore website. As for the video quality, see the Vado HD videos on YouTube HD version for yourself. The HDMI output and included HDMI cable with the Creative Vado HD ...allows for superior TV HD as the Flip Mino HD only has a composite... » Read More The software for the Vado HD is totally different than it was for the Vado. I have seen no evidence that the older software was buggy. Please show me where you saw that Anyway the Vado HD has totally new and more capable software so the comment is irrelavent no matter what A major upgrade in the Vado HD software capability is evident on the Creative Singapore website. As for the video quality, see the Vado HD videos on YouTube HD version for yourself. The HDMI output and included HDMI cable with the Creative Vado HD ...allows for superior TV HD as the Flip Mino HD only has a composite output to a TV Awaiting more tests, but so far, the Vado HD has so much more going for it. « Show Less
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No still camera digital can produce HD of the same quality as a dedicated camcorder. BTW, if you are going the digital still camera route, the Panasonic TZ5, Panasonic FZ28 and the Panasonic LX3 are all very different, but excellent choices that do HD movies.
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How about a sony T500? 3.5" touchscreen, litheon battery, 5X optical zoom, macro video mode, and 720P, uses memory sticks of whatever size you choose, and of course its also a true, high quality digital camera. Clips are limited to 10 minutes (thanks to our US congressmen passing laws requiring it not to be considered a video camera)
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Flip has been in the market before Creative Vado and thus a lot of people is still not aware of Creative Vado HD's existence. Creative Vado HD is the first product in this area that truely shines. The original Vado is more for fun and does not offer high quality video/audio. If the Vado HD works as expected and is easy to use for PC and mac, I believe it will catch up sooner or later.
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Let's be careful and make sure that we are looking at the Vado HD version and not the older Vado (non HD version).The Vado HD just started shiping today December 9th.
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Wouldn't it be great if WD published such clear comparisons! Here are a few differences from what I can tell - I'm sure there are more: 1. No netflix on this one 2. Default UI is a little different with favorite tiles showing up by default rather than scrolling options across the bottom 3. I can stream content to this one from other devices which is a little nifty. I don't think the old one did this but maybe so. 4. I can't set my favorite .jpg as the background on this one - previous one supported this. I'm sure there are other things.
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I had the same experience. I ordered one Creative Vado 3rd Generation camcorder early last week. After inserting the battery in the correct orientation and charging it overnight, I disconnected the camcorder from the USB cable, and the camcorder would not power on. The screen stayed completely blank. So, I returned it and ordered a second unit. It arrived late last week. Lo and behold, charged it overnight, unplugged it from the computer USB charging cable, pressed the on/off switch and ... nothing. Nada. Blank. Two new units, both dead on arrival. The quality of this product is just terrible.
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I haven't hit a loser with either ASUS player while WDs aren't so friendly. I haven't used it for music yet, so I don't know if it reads the playlists straight up. I haven't tried .isos as others have recommended, but it plays mkv and the variety of avis just fine. I have the WD Live and Mini, too, and I think I'm growing to like the ASUS products for the ease of use, variety of file formats, and more visible fonts (I even set up the R1 for my 82-year old father, and plug in soccer games for him when I get them). Thx for the google suggestion.
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I've heard this models great with HD. But I'm not planning on updating the box or getting a newer generation gaming system quite yet.I currently have no TV. My goal is to find the most cost efficient TV I'll be happy with for years. In other words, one that handles SD well for now, but handles HD good enough that when I switch to it I won't feel like I should buy a newer model.
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Try this link from their websiteI bought the Ultra yesterday.http://www.flipvideo.com/products_flip_ultra_specs.II.shtml
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That is a fundamental difference with the Vado HD as compared to the Flip Mino HD. The Vado HD comes standard with an HDMI cable and a RCA cable as an option ($9.95). With ALL of these HD cameras you need a sufficiently powerful CPU/video card because of the HD files demands.
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my heart was pretty much set on buying this samsung hmx u10 until i read all the QVC negative reviews. but at the same time i'm getting the impression that many who put the negative review sounds like they thought they were buying a regular 10mp digital camera with the mini camcorder function. i wonder those same people will give a same negative review for Flip Ultra HD...These pocket camcorders don't come with FLASH right?Does anyone have an opinion when you compare Samsung U10 vs Flip Ultra HD?
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I think Creative Vado HD is superior to the rest. You can search Amazon.com for Creative Vado HD or look at http://nothingbutcreative.blogspot.com/ for sample clips from Vado HD. It's really promising.
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Just wanted to put my two cents in too! I just received mine last night - I have a 3 TB hard drive connected to it - I got it because not all tvs (or game systems) play all the different movie formats - this thing plays them all - I am VERY IMPRESSED, and based on the fact of seeing two USB ports I'm positive I can hook up another hard drive (the cartoon one for the kids). There wasn't any lag works perfect. If they ever add more options to the home menu that would be a bonus!
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I don't know guys, I still haven't figured it out. Reading thru other posts here is making me think I'm going to return this thing. I really thought I'd like it, but if I can't string together my video clips to burn to DVD, WHAT is the point? It doesn't seem you can ask this question at the Vado official site either w/out first entering all the numbers off the box it came in. What a pain, I don't carry the box around w/ me. They also do not have an 800# that I can find on the site to call. Frustrating! I wonder how many customers they are losing?
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The iPhone does VGA video (640x480); the Flip does HD 720p (1280x720), or three times the resolution. The widescreen format of the Flip HD camcorders, in addition to the HD factor, means that Flip HD video look much better on YouTube than iPhone video. iPhones are great, but not in the same class with Flip for video. I agree with the previous comment that the UltraHD is the best value.
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Hi Ken, the best advice i can give you to remedy your problem, is to just buy it, and if itdoesn't work for your applications, simply return it...i purchased it for different reasons, i was in needfor an adapter like this for my hd flip, and work well for that...cheers!!johnny..
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The only reason I can see is that Samsung discontinued this t.v, and with the overall design is not as space efficient as any of Samsungs other dlp televisions. I have this one and also a 720p set by samsung which I bought in 10-2006. Just to let you know, Samsung also has on sale a 50" DLP 720p set for $899.I bought this one, and gave the 720p set to my parents, and to be honest with you I didnt notice a difference at all. If youre just breaking into the HD world, Id suggest getting one of the HLT models from samsung that is on sale now on amazon. You wont notice a difference, save yourself hundreds, and will less likely have problems with the set, as I and many others have with this particular model. The only reason I can see is that Samsung discontinued this t.v, and with the overall design is not as space efficient as any of Samsungs other dlp televisions. I have this one and also a 720p set by samsung which I bought in 10-2006. Just to let you know, Samsung also has on sale a 50" DLP 720p set for $899.I bought this one, and gave the 720p set to my parents, and to be honest with you I didnt notice a difference at all. If youre just breaking into the HD world, Id suggest getting one of the HLT models from samsung that is on sale now on amazon. You wont... » Read More The only reason I can see is that Samsung discontinued this t.v, and with the overall design is not as space efficient as any of Samsungs other dlp televisions. I have this one and also a 720p set by samsung which I bought in 10-2006. Just to let you know, Samsung also has on sale a 50" DLP 720p set for $899.I bought this one, and gave the 720p set to my parents, and to be honest with you I didnt notice a difference at all. If youre just breaking into the HD world, Id suggest getting one of the HLT models from samsung that is on sale now on amazon. You wont notice a difference, save yourself hundreds, and will less likely have problems with the set, as I and many others have with this particular model. « Show Less
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Yeah, those seem to be the major differences. The non-user-replaceable battery on the new View sucks though...that was one nice feature about the e200 series (as oposed to iPods) and seemed to make complete sense. I have had to use firmware update on my V1 e260 to recover from a crash and it was pretty seamless and I lost no data. V2, I believe, does not support the "recovery mode" firmware update. I have no idea what the parameters of the View are regarding this. Maybe it just never crashes! (not likely...) Other thing is the better stats on the microSD expansion slot...now up to 8 gigs (wow!) and using microSCHC. That's 16 gigs total without a hard-drive. Awesome! I have found, after some initial frustration and confusion with the expansion slot on my e260, that I just never put it in MSC (Mass Storage Class) mode and ALWAYS use it in MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) mode. I found moving files with Windows Explorer pretty glitchy in MSC mode. (Windows iExplorer would freeze up or get very strange-acting) Now, I just pull the microSD card, stick in into card reader on my computer (with the full-SD-size adapter) and add files like it was a pen drive. Perfect for podcasts which you switch in and out frequently and perfect for loading stuff for a trip. You could have a second card for you wife's/gf's music or podcasts as well and just swap it out without a Windows session. It DOES mean a much longer boot-up (really "refresh data" after the initial normal bootup...) but I think it's worth it for the flexibility of adding and deleting files so easily. You can always just remove the microSD and not deal with the "refresh-data" wait if you get sick of it. 8 gb of microSD would be nice though! Also, I'd like to hear some objective feedback regarding the sound quality of normal audio with the View as compared to the e280. Is is MUCH better? The e280 has become so inexpensive I may just go for that and wait out the View for another year or two.
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Bill,I can vouch for the Flip Ultra that looks good on TV so I would think the HD version looks even better. I was comparing this camcorder with Kodak's new HD Zi6. I think that it can record at 60 frames per second instead of 30. It would be good if anyone has seen a comparison of the two to share on this forum.Mike
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Thanks to Somewhere Up There....it is apparent that Creative US is not being told about the HD....I pre-ordered the Creative Vado HD from Amazon. Awaiting e-mail about estimated shipping date.