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Creative Technology Vado HD 8 GB HDD Camcorder

$193.00 Est. at Amazon

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it's good for viewing on a laptop screen size, but if you full screen on anything larger than that, you will notice the webcam-like quality.
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the mino's inflexible usb arm makes me nervous that it will break unless i put something under the camera when it is plugged into my laptop.
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i have a brand new laptop and the windows movie maker software that came with it works okay to edit the video, but the hd seems a little intense for it.
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the other great thing is how quickly i was able to use it and review my videos on my computer and laptop.
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-- you can buy a wall charger (wall plug with usb slot) and hook this camcorder to an outlet if you don't have your laptop handy for charging.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Good Video Quality, Good Display, Recording Format: Hard Drive

2 RECOMMENDED by 20 people for LAPTOP

Pure Digital MinoHD F460 Camcorder

$220.00 Est. at Amazon

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the only physical problem - and it's minor - is that when plugging the camcorder into the computer, desktop or laptop, it hangs at an angle and thus must be supported (with a book for my desktop).
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i have both a mac and a laptop and the software is easily shown on the laptop but mac i can't seem to find the software (however it is easy to upload the video onto mac).
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it is easy to use, takes acceptable quality video and the video upload to a laptop is easy.
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the one thing this little guy has is a sealed battery compartment which requires you to charge it through your computer or laptop.
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for travelers, though, unless you lug your laptop everywhere, a digital camera is a better choice, and the "big" minidv camcorder is still useful for recording shows off tv.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Good Video Quality, Lightweight, Recording Format: Flash Media

3 RECOMMENDED by 12 people for LAPTOP

Pure Digital F630 Camcorder

$162.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.zappos.com
you have to use your computer and if you don't have a laptop with you, you are limited to one charge worth of video until you get back home to recharge.
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not only that, the built in usb adapter makes it super quick to attach to a computer/laptop to download and edit the movies and put them online.
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while i love the flip out usb, it feels a little unstable when i insert it into the usb port in my computer, and if you have a pc not a laptop, you might find it hanging precariously off the side of
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i was watching some videos in it and when i inserted it in my laptop's usb socket nothing happened, the white light that usually appears when plugged was not there.
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it is a little nerveracking that it kind of hangs off the port; it's just a little bit higher than the tabletop of my laptop (a problem easily rectified if you use a usb extension cord so as not to

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Positives: Easy To Use, Great Video Quality, Nice Display, Recording Format: Flash Media

4 RECOMMENDED by 11 people for LAPTOP

Flip Video Mino Camcorder

$153.00 Est. at Amazon

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it is a little nerveracking that it kind of hangs off the port; it's just a little bit higher than the tabletop of my laptop (a problem easily rectified if you use a usb extension cord so as not to
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however, i couldn't be happier to have the ability to capture video and transfer it to my laptop to share with family and friends for so little $$!!
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i just received the mino now and to my horror, the pc or laptop is the mino's charger...it's the only way to charge this mino.
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we played with it some more, and it was just as easy to put the file on my laptop and charge the mino fully by letting the laptop "feed it."
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not only that, the built in usb adapter makes it super quick to attach to a computer/laptop to download and edit the movies and put them online.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Display, Lightweight, LCD Panel Size: 1.5 in.

5 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for LAPTOP

Pure Digital 120 Minute Flip Video Ultra

$138.00 Est. at Amazon

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even though it is light, i provide support to the camcorder when it is attached to the usb port of my laptop.
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i then uploaded it onto my laptop and the results were wonderful.
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just what i needed for plug and play videos; no thought process involved just take the video connect the flip to my laptop usb and send the video in multiple formats.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Display, Nice Value, Recording Format: Hard Drive

Canon HG20 Camcorder

$755.00 Est. at Amazon

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i'm not sure why transferring the files via usb to my windows vista pc took ages but it was much faster on my windows xp laptop.
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with the video files as big as they are, having a laptop will not be good with the unit or any hd machine.
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if you're planning on going on the road with your camera and laptop, you might want to look at a power inverter for your car.
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the video gets stuck when i play it on my laptop.
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initially i was having some issues with this software using my laptop (which i discovered is a tad under spec with having only a intel core 2 duo @ 2ghz), so i installed it on a friend's new computer

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Positives: Excellent Video Quality, Easy To Use, Great Display, Recording Format: Blu-ray,DVD,HDD

Canon Legria HFS10 32 GB HDV Camcorder

$1,240.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
bulky charger - brick-style, like a small laptop's.
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the biggest shortcoming -- and this is huge if you travel with a laptop -- is that canon still seems married to the idea that you can't export pictures or video from the internal memory without

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Positives: Great Display, Great Video Quality, Excellent Sound Quality, Recording Format: High Definition,Flash Media,AVCHD

Sony Handycam HDR-CX12 Flash Media Camcorder

$900.00 Est. at Amazon

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the pmb software that comes along with the camcorder is good enough to transfer and view the hd videos in your laptop.
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the software is on the down side: with a dual core hp laptop 1 gb ram and vista it took me about 2 hr to create a sd dvd from a hd movie of about 40 minutes...
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fair enough it can only record up to an hour in sd sp but if you have a laptop at hand you can easily download of the card and being the process again.

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Positives: , Easy To Use, Excellent Display, Recording Format: Flash Media

Kodak Zi6 Camcorder

$171.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
videos on my laptop are somewhat choppy, and there are some framerate issues.
from lt.dell.com
additional thoughtsshowed some baby videos on a laptop at my sister-in law's baby shower and everyone was impressed at the video quality and wanted to know where to get one.
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however, with this device, you can remove the sd card and plug it into just about any standard laptop with an sd slot.
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so you better take a laptop or something with you on vacation to off-load the videos.
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that's great, but what if i'm on a trip and don't want to bring my laptop or i'm out for the day a long way from any usb port?

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Positives: Great Video Quality, Good For Everyday Use, Recording Format: Flash Media, LCD Panel Size: 2.4 in.

RCA EZ210 Camcorder

$107.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
my old camcorder is not supported by vista and i still haven't figured out a way to download my old videos to my new laptop.
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there was no problem with sound or picture when connected to my hp laptop, and i corrected the sound on my desktop after uninstalling the rca software, which may not have been necessary.
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i don't even want to talk about the pics, worst than those pics taken with the laptop!!

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Positives: Easy To Use, Good Value, Excellent Video Quality, Recording Format: Flash Media

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