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 I regret buying this! November 16, 2009
J. Thompson (Dallas, TX, USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this a couple of months ago and REALLY regret having done it. The rechargeable battery pack doesn't hold a charge - at all. Their customer support gave me a suggestion (even though it was charging) that didn't work in the slightest. It takes several hours to fully charge it. That part is disclosed. What's NOT disclosed is that within a few hours (being turned off the entire time) ALL of the charge is gone! You have to fully charge it (six + hours) and use it immediately! You can't charge it, turn it off, and take it with you to use later in the day.
The email from their customer support says, "however when the battery pack is fully charged it depletes within a few hours time." That part is NOT included in their product description. This was a total waste of $175. Now I'm reluctant to buy one from a different manufacturer. How do I know THEIRS doesn't disclose that it's a useless object?
What a rip-off! Give your money to charity... or buy a camcorder that someone you know personally can vouch for. This Ultra HD is terrible.
 Small, portable, good bang for the buck November 15, 2009
Consumer (TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is my first digital so our last camera was an 8mm. The one before that was borrowed and the size of a suitcase for VHS, remember?
For inside YouTube and short films it will be great but the zoom makes it less than optimum for stuff like sporting events but I'm willing to give that up for the portability. My daughter golfs, so I can film the Tee shot close in-but distance fairway shots wont pick up details. I took my dad flying and he used it from the back seat. The quality was good but again, if you wanted details of something on the ground it would not zoom to your satisfaction.Cockpit pictures were good and the focus is good.
Unless I do not understand the software, when it's time to edit the film, (btw, everytime you stop filming it creates a film that is saved in backwords order so you have to inverse everything to create a "movie". that sucks.)you can only trim the end of the short film and not remove any of the middle.
Burning the "movie" created was a little cumbersome because they (Flip)want you to buy their product to burn movies.
Those are the complaints but I am overall happy with the product.
 HD versus the NON HD November 15, 2009
P. Wilson (Phoenix, Arizona)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I first saw a Flip about a year and a half ago and HAD to have one, and purchased what then held an hour and required two batteries. Having been very prolific as a film maker with VHS in the - well, VHS days, and having had to stop once it all BROKE, the Flip opened new doors for me.
A few months later I got an email from Flip advertising the HD. TWO hours of recording time, HD quality, it sounded too good to be true, especially when Best Buy had two models, and the superior one was LESS (???). They were cool and let me trade in the old NON HD unit toward the HD unit and I paid the difference.
Quality was indeed great, sound was excellent - BUT
Loading these heavy files to Youtube was nightmarish, to say the least. I could not do it using the Flip software, as the sound was terrible once online, and even the Flip-Help folks admitted "they are working on that..." Instead I had to import the finished videos elsewhere on my computer, and upload from there. It was time consuming, and, though in HD, 9 times out of 10 they were OUT OF SINC. All that time to upload it, and though the sound was CLEAN, it was out of sinc. They played fine on my computer, played fine when uploaded to Facebook, etc., but only on occasion to Youtube were they acceptable. TOO - and this is important - the "sharing" option was problematic - again, the sound was SO BAD on the recipient's end it was useless to try and email some quick little video to a pal. SO - in reverting BACK to the OLDER, inferior standard def model, I found it was SO MUCH BETTER. Sure, the picture is not QUITE as amazing, but for what I do and as quickly as I wish to "share" it, the little standard defs that take batteries are easier for me, and the video-emailing/sharing option a breeze, with little to no sound deterioration, and everything I upload to Youtube is in sinc and clean. I will hold on to the HD in the event Youtube or what have you is capable of handling the complex files these Flips create, but for now, it's back to square one!
 Compact, fast and great videos! Perfect for videos on the fly November 14, 2009
Sanstefano (New York)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have a number of sites (including a weekly news site) and recently decided to start video blogging the Italian products and services I offer. I needed a video cam that was above all, compact, fast and made great videos. That's where the Flip came in.
There are a couple of popular misconceptions about this video cam that have been making the rounds on the Net. One is about the battery charging problem. It's not a real "problem". It's a small & ridiculous flaw that can be resolved once and in under a minute:
Quoting exactly from Flip Support:
1) Remove the battery pack from the camcorder,
2) Connect the camcorder to a POWERED USB port directly on your computer (NOT a mini hub!),
3) When the "Connected" indicator comes on, insert the battery pack into the camcorder,
4) SAFE eject your camcorder from your computer (DON'T rip it out!),
5) Reconnect your camcorder to your computer,
The battery pack should now begin to charge within the camcorder. If it fails, try again keeping close attention to Steps 2 and 4. This should be a ONE TIME operation. It was for me. I think it goes without saying the included battery pack should be used as a backup only so, go out an buy 2 or 4 Energizer or Duracell rechargeables.
The second problem is that the Flip is not up to quality par with other popular HD video cams such as SONY. That's because it wasn't meant to. It's a $150 video cam with a sole purpose of taking FAST, FUN and GOOD videos. If your intentions are to get super high quality movie productions, then spend the extra $300 and buy a SONY...this video cam is not for you.
Killer HD, totally portable and convenient November 13, 2009
Ewoldson
Love this camera! I keep it in my bag and take it everywhere I go because it is small, durable, and fast. When something funny/awesome/ridiculous is going on, I can count on the Ultra to document it in gorgeous HD video. The convenient USB connection makes uploading video easy and the software included is pretty great, though I found it can bog down some older computers and operating systems. Considering how often I've been sorely disappointed in the video capabilities of other small devices (cellphones, digital cameras, etc.), it was worth ever penny to have a dedicated video camera that delivers.
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