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Pure Digital Flip Ultra Series F260 Camcorder

Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder, 60 Minutes (Orange)
- What you see is what you get - the Pure Digital Flip Ultra Series F260 Camcorder is probably the simplest videocam and does exactly what it's made for. There's really not much into it - just a decent pocketable, low-price videocam that has a 2-gig memory good for 60 minutes and is capable of transferring videos onto a pc via a USB cable, videos can be viewed on a TV via the audio/video cable. Looks neat, but I'd go for a high end camera phone with a good video recording feature so I won't have to carry an extra gadget around, but that's just me.

Here's info from the manufacturer:
The Pure Digital Flip Video Ultra Series is the next-generation line of highly compact digital camcorders to make it easier than ever for on-the-go consumers to shoot and share high-quality video. Slim-sized to fit neatly into any pocket, the Flip Video Ultra Series provides unmatched portability and simplicity for capturing, editing and sharing video - anytime, anywhere. The Flip Video Ultra Series is the newest member in Pure Digital's popular Flip Video family of digital camcorders, the world's first camcorders with on-board software to enable editing, organizing, and seamless video uploading to AOL, YouTube and other video sharing sites. Flip Video Ultra showcases Pure Digital's next-generation video processing technology, which delivers stunning video and sound quality, even when played on large-screen TVs. The Ultra Series continues Pure Digital's pioneering of a new category of camcorder that puts the power to instantly capture, edit and share video in the pocket of everyday consumers. The Flip Video Ultra Series incorporates a wide range of advanced new features, including a 1.5 inch transflective, no-glare display screen for clear viewing in even the brightest sunlight, next-generation video processing, and increased on-board memory.

Features:
* 2GB flash based camcorder can record up to 60 minutes of video, with out the need for tapes, or SD cards
* Built-in USB arm, acts like a typical USB flash drive, drag and drop
* Simple camorder, shooting video is as easy as taking a picture
* FlipShare built in software that makes it easy to organize, edit and share your videos on YouTube, MySpace, AOL Video, or any other online video service
* Capable of playing back on a TV with the help from a composite cable
* Tripod mount, use any standard tripod for steady video

Tech Specs:
* LCD Screen: 1.5” (diagonal) Transflective TFT (for bright daylight)
* Video Resolution: 648×480
* Video Sensor: 1/4” VGA CMOS sensor Large 5.6 µm pixels
* Light Sensitivity: Very high sensitivity (>2.0V/lux-sec) with automatic low light detection
* Video Compression: Pure Digital Video Engine 2.0
* *ideo Frame Rate: 30 frames per second (constant frame rate, progressive scan)
* Average Bitrate: 4.0Mbps (auto-adaptive algorithm)
* Video Format: Advanced Profile MPEG-4 AVI
* White Balance & Exposure: Auto-adaptive white/black balance and exposure
* Optical Lens Type: Fixed Focus (0.8m to infinity)
* Aperture: f/2.4 (fast lens for great results in low-light environments)
* Zoom: Smooth multi-step 2x digital
* Battery Type: 2 AA Batteries (1.5 Volt AA Alkaline, Energizer® e2® Lithium, or 1.2 Volt NiMH rechargeable)
* Battery Life: AA Alkaline – Up to 2 hrs of use, Energizer® e2® Lithium – Up to 5 hrs of use (Battery life may vary depending on batteries and use pattern)
* Camcorder Interface: Easy-press buttons
* Power-up Time: 4 to 7 seconds depending on the amount of recorded content
* Power Saver (Auto Shut-Down): Yes
* Play All Function: Yes
* Pause, FF/Rewind: No
* Set Date/Time: Yes
* Dimensions (HxWxD): 4.17” x 2.16” x 1.25”
* Weight: 5.2oz
* PC Connection: Built-in flip-out USB arm (up to USB 2.0 speed)
* Speaker: Built-in
* Microphone: Built-in, Wide-range
* Tripod Mount: Yes
* Online Sharing: Unlimited private video emails or video greeting cards. Direct Upload to MySpace, YouTube, or AOL
* Video Editing: Video trim – set start and end points. Create movies with multiple video clips – add titles, music and credits
* Still Photo: Snap still photos from video
* Software Update: Automatic and on-demand online updates
* Minimum System Requirements for Windows:
* Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
* Windows XP SP2 512MB of RAM
* Vista with 2GB of RAM
* USB port

Altec Lansing InMotion iMV712

The good: The Altec Lansing inMotion iMV712 mini home theater system features a built-in 8.5-inch LCD screen for viewing iPod videos; sound quality is quite decent in small rooms and the system plays loud; connectivity options include a line-in jack, a composite AV input, and an S-Video output for showing videos on an even larger display.

-The bad: Fairly pricey; limited aspect ratio control; screen size still too small to be seen from a distance; strains to fill larger rooms with sound; the logos on the face are little too big and distracting; no AM/FM radio.

The bottom line: While it's hard to say where Altec Lansing's iMV712 mini home theater for the iPod fits into the home, it does up the ante for iPod speaker systems.

Specifications: Type of speaker: portable speakers with digital player dock ; Amplification type: Active See full specs

Price range: $109.95 - $232.75

CNET editors' review

* Reviewed by: David Carnoy
* Edited by: John P. Falcone
* Reviewed on: 05/10/2007
* Released on: 05/01/2007

In the last year or so, we've seen a handful of portable DVD players with integrated iPod video capabilities trickle onto the market (see the Philips DCP850, for example). Now we have the first digital minitheater for iPod, the Altec Lansing iMV712, a tabletop-style system with a built-in 8.5-inch wide-screen LCD that's designed for use in the home. Naturally, it's made to play your music, too, but with its 3-inch speakers and a 4-inch subwoofer, it's fairly beefy as far as that type of systems goes.

The all-black iMV712 scores well in the style department, but the one strike against it is that Altec Lansing made its brand logos just a little too prevalent on the front of the unit. With an audio-only device, it might matter less, but the large, white "inMotion" logo just below the LCD proves a little distracting when you're watching videos.

Measuring 18.5 inches long, 8.2 inches wide, and 7.7 inches high, the unit is lighter than you'd think based on its footprint. While the 8.4-pound unit can be moved around a room simply enough, there's no boombox-like handle to make toting it easier. The iPod dock is on top of the unit (the usual selection of iPod sleeves are included to give your particular iPod a snug fit in the dock), and that's also where you'll find the only three buttons on the system: source (iPod or line-in), volume up, and volume down. Additional settings, such as bass, are accessed through the included credit card-size remote, which we found to be clearly labeled and easy to use, though all the buttons are the same size. There's a master power switch on the back of the iMV712, but once it's set to on, you can toggle the unit between on and standby mode with the remote.

The remote offers a reasonable amount of control over your iPod. You can navigate through menus, pause and play tracks, and skip forward and back. However, expect to stand just a few feet away from your iPod when navigating its menus because--as is the case with most of these systems--your iPod's display will not be mirrored on the larger display; you're stuck with looking at your iPod's screen. That also means the iMV712's screen won't show album art while music plays.

While Altec Lansing refers to the integrated 8.5-inch wide-screen display as a high-resolution LCD, we weren't blown away by its quality; it's essentially on par with the average portable DVD player's screen. We purchased a few episodes of The Office from the iTunes Store, and while they looked perfectly acceptable, they were a little soft. Movie trailers and other videos we played also looked soft, but this is to be expected from compressed video with 640x480 resolution.

While the iMV712's wide-screen display is a good thing, getting your videos to appear in their proper aspect ratio can be a little tricky. For some reason, we had trouble with The Office. As sold on iTunes, the show is natively encoded as a wide-screen (16:9) version, which should fill the iMV712's entire display. However, when we set the output on our iPod to wide-screen in the video settings menu and set the iMV712 to 16:9, the picture appeared stretched. You can set the iMV712 to 4:3 or 16:9 (which are both, confusingly, labeled "Zoom"), but neither setting got us what we wanted. At the same time, the iMV712 correctly displayed a wide-screen DVD movie, filling the screen, when we connected a portable DVD player to the iMV712's composite video input. Go figure.

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