Read how the newly released Flip MinoHD compares to the similar pocket-sized JVC FM1. The JVC has a lot more features, but the results may surprise you.
Review: Flip Mino HD vs JVC FM1
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Review: Flip Mino HD vs JVC FM1
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Stu
InactivePosted by unregistered user: StuIt’s funny how often the consumer software bundled with devices that connect to your PC is simply god-awful. You’d think the manufacturers could figure out that PC software isn’t a crappy little ‘value add’, but it’s actually the interface 95% of their device purchasers will end up using (the other 5% mount them as USB devices on Linux boxes and use GIMP)…
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Ben Young
InactivePosted by unregistered user: Ben YoungI think the beauty of the Flip is everything just works, it does point and shoot video, great quality/audio. Plug it into your computer seamless upload to youtube, compression for other online video websites or save to your computer. The box should just say ‘does what it says’.
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@Chris Burgess
Thanks Chris. I’ll modify the article
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Matthew Buchanan
InactivePosted by unregistered user: Matthew BuchananI’ve had a Kodak Zi6 for 18 months, but after seeing the performance of Canon’s IXUS 100 IS and 120 IS, which are roughly the same size and also contain image stabilisation and a 12.1MP still camera (the 120 IS is f/2.8!) I’d be hard pushed to spend my $400 on one of these.
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Cheds
InactivePosted by unregistered user: ChedsInteresting review, but I’m still unsure why you chose the Flip? The Picsio has higher resolution, still photo’s, macro mode, HDMI output and a bigger screen… Although your opinion is the colours look “oversaturated”, in my opinion from those video samples the Flip looked washed out.
I guess everyone has different tastes, but features for what you get, the Picsio seems like the better buy – even if the still photo’s aren’t the best, it’s nice to have it as an option there anyway. Also, $50 for a 4GB card? You’re getting ripped off :pPosted 4 months ago # -
@Cheds
Hey Cheds, I know where you’re coming from, but in my opinion the addition of the extra features on the Picsio takes away from the user experience. I just want simple video.The colours look great if you haven’t seen the actual scene I was filming. The Flip was much closer to reality. I guess that cloth is rather faded
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Mike
InactivePosted by unregistered user: MikeAmazon have these flips for approx 235NZD + Shipping (if they would ship which they wont so you have to work out something else ) but that still leaves Noel Leemings etc with a good $100 per device margin, is it just expected we will be ripped off in this country? is a 30% + markup on top of the markup amazon makes reasonable, I dont think so, so will get one in direct or see if parallel imported are stocking them, not sure when these companies will learn that just cause we are down here we have the intraweb and they need to compete globally.
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Nic
InactivePosted by unregistered user: Nic@Mike
I’d have to echo your sentiments. I purchased mine via Amazon. Had a mate coming over, so avoided the “no shipping outside US”. But even if that hadn’t happened, I have a “stable” of friends in the US that will gladly re-ship for me, and since most in-country shipping in the US is free, doesn’t cost extra…Posted 4 months ago # -
Yep, the importers dilemma. Thankfully for them, the majority of folks are more likely to impulse buy at Noel’s or Dick Smith.
$350 will be a good deal when the dollar heads down to its more ‘natural’ level of 50-60 cents, and you take into account GST, which we don’t have to pay as individual importers.
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Fletch
InactivePosted by unregistered user: FletchHmm, I am kind of interested in getting one of the Mino HD’s, but I’m kind of put off a bit by the review page on Amazon: OK, the Mino has 4 out of 5 stars for 426 reviews, but 55 of those reviewers give it one star with comments about how it froze up or went dead just hours, weeks, or months after buying it; the same thing happening with replacements. (55 out of 426 reviews is just over 12% unhappy customers – a fairly high percentage I think).
The next question: why are we getting the Mino HD 1st Generation with 60 Min recording time when the 2nd generation is out in the States with 120 mins recording time and (allegedly) better picture quality? Are Cisco fobbing off all their old stock onto Australia and New Zealand? At least when a new iPod or iPhone comes out we’re getting the newest generation in sync with the rest of the world.
ps, I notice that JB HI-FI is selling the JVC for $377 in their latest catalog and Harvey Norman is selling a competing Samsung product for $289 I think.
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Chris P
InactivePosted by unregistered user: Chris PI have been looking at the kodak zx1 and the jvc you reviewed here, after my samsung U10 died 2 days before the end of our tour in Western Australia. I have been more careful with the replacement for this… as a result of comments on the canon I have purchased the Ixus 120, which is just so easy to use compared with the heat sensitive contacts on the Samsung. I was wanting reasonable stills, and must say they look much better from the canon side by side with the samsung.
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