Creative launches third-generation Vado HD pocket camcorder

Damian Koh | Nov 24, 2009

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Creative's third-generation Vado HD may be an incremental upgrade, but it fixes many of the complaints users faced with the previous Vado HD. Gone is the unsightly protruding lens that sticks out like a sore thumb. The camera is now flush with the chassis and features manual exposure. It'll also respond better in low light or brightly lit conditions through some processing algorithm wizardry since the new Vado HD has the same sensor and lux performance. The option to plug in an external microphone provides a solution for the less-than-stellar audio recording capabilities of the Vado HD.

The list goes on. Aside from being marginally smaller (98.8 x 57.6 x 15.8mm) and lighter (93g), the new camcorder also has a headphone output, motion-detection mode (records video once motion is detected), support for Mac and PC out-of-the-box and the ability to capture JPEG images at 1,280 x 720-pixel resolution. Vado Central, the bundled software that lets you edit recorded clips, now has a one-click uploading option to post videos directly to Facebook, YouTube, Photobucket, Box.net and KinKast. Oh, it comes in five colors (white, red, black, green and purple), too.

Only one model is available and that's the 4GB one, which is half the storage capacity of the previous Vado HD. That said, 4GB is still plenty of memory for recording up to 1-hour clips in HD+ quality. Note that the previous Vado HD battery and charger won't work with the new model. According to Creative, its third-generation Vado HD will be in stores and online from mid-December at S$299 (US$211.08)

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