Creative Labs Vado Pocket Video Camcorder (Silver) | 
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| Brand: Creative Labs
Category: Photography
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $72.68
You Save: $27.31 (27%)
New (34) Used (2) from $78.29
Rating:  54 reviews
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Optical Zoom: 2
Display Size: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 7.5 x 1.4
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: VF0570-S
Model: VF0570-S
UPC: 054651159679
EAN: 0054651159679
ASIN: B0018QIOPI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Vado is thinner than a deck of cards and as light as a cell phone | | • | Never miss a moment with two hours of video capacity and one-button recording | | • | Comes with built-in USB cable and on-board software; easily edit and upload videos | | • | Large 2-inch anti-glare screen | | • | Shoot up to two hours continuously with rechargeable battery |
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Product Description
Creative Vado is a slim, lightweight pocket video cam that makes it easy to capture and share everyday life as it happens. Simply connect Vado to your PC with the flexible USB plug and the built-in software lets you save videos to your computer or post them directly to YouTube or Photobucket. Since Vado is thinner than a deck of cards and as light as a cell phone, it fits into your pocket or purse and never weighs you down. Free yourself from the hassle of the bulky camcorder bag. You'll never miss a moment, with two hours of video capacity and one-button recording that makes capturing life on video effortless. With up to two hours of video capacity, you never need tapes, CDs or extra memory cards. With a 2x zoom and excellent low-light performance, you'll get great video quality every time you press Record. Just connect Vado to your computer with the flexible USB plug and the built-in software takes over. You can transfer your videos to your computer or post them directly to YouTube or Photobucket, all at the click of a button. The rechargeable battery is removable so you can change out for a fresh one. Built-in microphone and speaker Built-in flexible USB connector TV-output (Vado Audio/Video cable available separately) Anti-flicker support for adjustment to 50Hz or 60Hz Easy-to-use with great video quality at the touch of a button Slim, lightweight design that fits in your pocket or purse Simple built-in software makes sharing videos on YouTube or Photobucket a snap System Requirements - Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHZ or faster, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Mac OS X version 10.4.11 or later, QuickTime with Xvid plug-in, 512MB RAM and USB Port
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| Customer Reviews: Read 49 more reviews...
 Great little video recorder January 6, 2009
D. Tate (Virginia, USA)
The Vado is so handy. Small and unintrusive. Friends want to know what it is and where I got it. One hint..if you want to upload a whole little movie to YouTube and you aren't too techy just use your Windows Movie Maker, get a free code program to convert your wave file to mpg.
A Good Value, But Quality Not As Good As The Flip Ultra December 29, 2008
CFH (Blue Ridge Summit, PA USA)
We found the "Creative Labs Vado" pocket camcorder on Amazon's Deal of the Day for roughly 1/2 the price of the Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder, 60-Minutes (White) (which we already own and use a lot), it seemed to be worth the risk of buying it as a backup pocket camcorder. Here are my observations:
Pros:
* Acceptable video quality *FOR THE PRICE* - The Vado is much more grainy and washed out than the Flip Ultra.
* Has built in USB connector - Like the Flip Ultra, it is very short but the Flip includes an extension cable
* Has Video Out - can be connected to a TV for playback, but no cables included (Flip Ultra includes the cables)
* Large LCD screen - Bigger screen than the Flip Ultra
* Saves files in AVI format - No conversion needed
* Very Small - Much smaller form factor than the Flip Ultra
* Internal Rechargable Batteries - Recharges from USB, Flip Ultra takes 2 AA batteries
Cons:
* Low Video Quality - but again good for the price
* Awful Audio Quality - Seriously bad audio quality almost makes the Vado useless for fliming beyond 10' or so
So for a really inexpensive camcorder, with YouTube usable quality, this is a fairly good option. For use in any meaningful way, not so much. We will give the Vado to our son and keep the Flip Ultra for our use.
Easy to use December 28, 2008
J. Welsch
My 10-year-old loves this! He and his friends are making stupid movies and posting them on youtube for the rest of their friends to enjoy. I control what gets posted to youtube with password security. Anytime someone uses his name or some other detail that you don't want to share with child-predators, I just refuse to post it. The kids are learning a little internet safety while having fun being silly kids and creating movies and silly storylines. I highly recommend this as a toy for the middle-school age group.
 "WARNING. Handling this product may expose you to chemicals known to cause cancer (?!!!)... December 28, 2008
Scout (Belmont, CA USA)
and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling." Creative Labs and Amazon know that many Vados are purchased for children. They also know that we do not generally examine the interior flaps of boxes for important health warnings. Shame on you! Recall this product! Thanks, T. Gleason, for seeing the SMALL (5-point font) "notice" on the interior flap of the box.
 UPDATED REVIEW December 27, 2008
T. Gleason (Maryland, United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this as a gold box deal, and was very excited to get such a great price for such a neat little gadget. I bought it as a starter video camera for my son, but was very disappointed to open the box and read the lead warning on the side, asking users to wash hands thoroughly after each use.
Update since original post:
I have since contacted the company, and wanted to post their reply:
"I assure that there's nothing to worry about Creative products. This warning has been included to comply with Californian legislation (Proposition 65) as the cable bundled with your device contains a very small amount of lead to keep the copper wire and plastic cable more malleable. This cable design is very common and used in practically all household appliances. In our testing the average lead content of our cables is between 100 and 300 parts per million (ppm), significantly lower than inmany household appliances at 1000 ppm."
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