Creative Vado HD (3rd Gen)

usability, price, portability, size, image quality

zoom, reliability, viewfinder

83% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

usability, design, portability, price, image quality

reliability, zoom, connectivity

85% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Design, Größe, Bedienbarkeit, Bildqualität

78% der Kundenmeinungen auf Amazon.de bewerten dieses Produkt positiv.

88% des avis sur Amazon.fr donnent une note favorable à ce produit.

Excellent low-light performance, wide-angle lens, exposure controls, earbuds can function as external mic

No removable storage

The third-generation Creative Vado HD has the widest-angle lens of any HD pocket camcorder, as well as exposure controls and great low-light video quality.

8GB of storage, HDMI output

A/V cable is an optional extra, screen could be brighter

We really liked the Creative Vado HD camcorder’s design, especially the tactile silicon rubber body armour that prevents butterfingers. We were also pleased to find an HDMI output for which the associated cable is supplied, and the option to shoot in...

Highly affordable (especially after $50 cash-back), user-friendly interface, attractive design

Low grade components affect video quality, no external microphone jack, no memory card slot

If you need an ultra-cheap way to make movies for the Web, the Vado Pocket Video Cam is probably the best option on the market. Having said that, we're not entirely 'sold' on the Net-cam concept. For most users, an entry-level camcorder would be a...

Slim, cheap, nice screen, antiflicker modes

No headphone jack, video quality

Despite the Creative Vado's drawbacks, it's a really well-priced device that's good for capturing off-the-cuff video clips. If video quality is important to you, you should steer clear. But Creative's pocket camcorder is serviceable and inexpensive.

As before, the lens is fixed, but this time it sticks out of the device a little more, which hinders pocket friendliness slightly. There is no optical zoom available, just a 2x digital one. So the image does get a little more blurry when zoomed,...

The video is compressed fairly aggressively down to 4Mbits/sec in HQ mode, and 2Mbits/sec in SP mode. Audio is also only recorded at 14kHz with 4-bit sampling and a 56Kbits/sec data rate. But the Vado has a healthy 2GB of flash memory on board. At the...

Good quality video ; Stills capture ; Lovely build ; Removable battery

LCD screen could be better

Excellent low-light performance ; Earbuds can function as external mic ; Exposure controls ; Wide-angle lens

No removable storage

The third-generation Vado HD has the widest-angle lens of any HD pocket camcorder, as well as exposure controls, great low-light video quality, and a sub-$200 price.

Compact body. Good low light performance. Headphone output/mic input jack. HDMI cable included.

Limited 4GB memory and no SD slot for expansion. 2x digital zoom. No 1080p support. Poor-quality still image capture.

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