Monday, June 16, 2008
Looking for a better alternative to Flip Video Mino
Monday, June 16, 2008 
[please comment with your suggestions/reviews ]:
We own a Panasonic something or other, it's pretty bulky, it's mostly the suck and uses those little tapes. We never use it even though we spent a lot of cash on it. So we're looking for something much more portable.
I noticed a lot of people are into the Flip Video Mino, however I heard it's kind of awful on the Mac... importing into iMovie or Final Cut Pro ends up in exports with no audio track or spotty audio.
Not a great solution, and while the unit seems really small, the video quality seems to be fairly marginal for recording life events that you want to remember (ie. lack of resolution).
So I was looking at the DXG-569V HD camcorder. Anyone have thoughts on this device, or other portable devices? We like our digital camera, so we don't need or care about stills from a video recording device.
Great resolution, portability (equate to more likely to actually use), and price are the driving considerations.
We own a Panasonic something or other, it's pretty bulky, it's mostly the suck and uses those little tapes. We never use it even though we spent a lot of cash on it. So we're looking for something much more portable.
I noticed a lot of people are into the Flip Video Mino, however I heard it's kind of awful on the Mac... importing into iMovie or Final Cut Pro ends up in exports with no audio track or spotty audio.
Not a great solution, and while the unit seems really small, the video quality seems to be fairly marginal for recording life events that you want to remember (ie. lack of resolution).
So I was looking at the DXG-569V HD camcorder. Anyone have thoughts on this device, or other portable devices? We like our digital camera, so we don't need or care about stills from a video recording device.
Great resolution, portability (equate to more likely to actually use), and price are the driving considerations.
Comments:
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Kevin Hoyt said...“I can't speak for the Mino specifically, but the Flip Video Ultra connects via USB as a drive on Mac. You can then in turn open the AVI files in whatever program you like. I don't use the provided "import/share" software. Just AVI files on a disk for me please.”
