| Insignia® - Digital Camcorder NS-DCC5SR09 December 20, 2008 | Permalink | TrackBacks |
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Insignia are at it again.. a lean and mean product.. You can almost immediately that this lil gadget is dedicated to doing one thing very well.. capturing quick video. Now that we've got YouTube and other sites where people do nothing but upload quick videos capturing the smaller/impromptu things in life that cant be bothered with a full heavy-duty traditional camcorder.. this allows one to simply pull it out of their backpack / purse.. capture the event / subject.. and go on with their day.
I will admit - the camcorder came with bare minimal documentation - and what it did have was very general in nature - which i was perfectly fine with. It comes with the following: 2 AA alkaline batteries (YES!), USB cable, A/V cable, earphone, wrist strap and a pretty nice black carrying pouch. I played with it for a good full day - taking videos / pics / just audio recordings and transferred them over to my machine without any problems and the videos showed up perfectly. No need to convert or anything like that - so standard codecs seem to be used which makes life so much simpler. I also tested the videos on YouTube and they showed up perfect. Now granted this is a standard-definition and therefore does not capture anything in perfect high-def quality - this is a fun cam and in a well-lit environment can do the job very well. It is cool to know that it does accomodate for a SD card and has 64MB internal memory - which is more then enough for a couple of days worth of picture snapping and recording... just remember for around $60 this is a quick and simple camcorder. If you want something light and simple to use - seriously consider this device. Perfect gift for the budding YouTube fan and we all know one.
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