Behold: The iPod of Video recording.
I have seen the future of video cameras! The Flip Video camera by Pure Digital is a dead simple video capture device that is capible of 640 x 480 (VGA) resolution… and not much more. It doen’t do any special effects, it has no fancy “flip out” screen, and video quality is about equal to standard deffinition TV. Why is it so important? Because it makes recording video (and moving the video to your computer, YouTube or a DVD) so easy my 10 month old niece could do it. The price? The original Flip Video is on sale at Amazon for $123.83 as I type this. There is a new and improved “Ultra” version available too at just $155.00. Both hold 60 minutes of video. The video quality is no where near that of a full fledged digital camcorder, but the ease of use and simpicity more than make up it. This is the iPod of video recorders. Needless to say, I’m very much looking forward to the HD version that is no doubt on it’s way.