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The Flip Video Camcorder is a portable, easy-to-use solution for creating and sharing high-quality home movies. Flip Video is the ideal choice for capturing everyday moments that happen anywhere, and sharing them with family and friends everywhere. The camcorder’s built-in software makes saving and sharing memories simple and convenient: email videos, make custom movies, capture still photos from video clips, and upload videos directly to popular sharing sites, including YouTube and Grouper Networks. Flip Video comes with a TV connector cable, wrist strap, soft carrying case, two AA batteries, and an instruction booklet. more info
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easiest camcorder ever
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
A week ago I bought the 120 minute Flip Ultra. Three days later I ordered another one for my wife. I don’t want to share mine. The picture quality is fantastic and the sound even better (especially considering the small size (like a pack of 100 mm cigarettes). Contrary to another review I read, the software works just fine in my MAC laptop. It’ll do everything that it does on our PC. I play back my clips on our 56 inch TV and the quality rivals network programing. I found this 2nd generation 120 minute Flip Ultra on Amazon for $129.
I would highly recommend this camera, even over more expensive and sophisticated camcorders. DEAN
Frustration!!!! Flip is a FLOP!!!!
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
When I first bought this in summer 2007, I was very happy with this little camera. But soon after, I started to struggle with uploading the videos onto my computer. Nine tries out of ten, the PC just didn’t seem to “see” the device, so the Flip software failed to initiate. It took me multiple attempts to save my video files onto my PC. Finally today, after spending a maddening two hours trying to retrieve updated firmware from the Flip webside and trying every USB port on my PC without being able to save my videos, I called customer support. A very nice and patient man spent 3 hours on the phone with me and we still couldn’t figure it out. After all else failed, he finally suggested I take it to a nearby CVS Pharmacy that happens to have a Pure Digital machine that could make a DVD from the videos on the Flip recorder. It didn’t work. The CVS machine didn’t “see” my Flip either. So, six hours later, my videos are still trapped on my Flip and I am no closer to a solution. The nice young man in customer support said he would escalate my case to higher level technical support and I should expect a call back in a few days. I’m so sorry I bought this product. What a sad waste of time and money!
nice for trhe price
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
this is a very cool recorder.If there is enough light it will record great. If the light is dim the quality is deminished. The sound is good. I record everything with it. Fits in your pocket very nice product
Super easy and fun
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought this as a Christmas present for my 60-year-old father. I told him to open my present first so he’d be able to record the rest of the morning. He just popped in some batteries and, voilà!, a couple of hours later he was posting videos on YouTube. I connected the camcorder to the TV so everyone was able to watch it. Needless to say, it’s easy to use, fun, and relatively inexpensive.
Zoom quality isn’t the greatest and the colors are a bit desaturated in overcast weather conditions, but that’s to be expected from such an inexpensive camcorder.
I definitely recommend this product for anyone wishing to record good times with their friends and family with ease.
Flip Video Camera Rendered Obsolete by “Upgrade”
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
Since I downloaded the new version of software for my Flip Ultra, all of the video clips I download are in reverse order, making it impossible for me to conveniently make complete videos editing the clips together.
When I downloaded video clips before and then tried to make a movie, they were all in chronological order.
Now when I try to make a movie, the clips are in reverse order making it almost impossible to move around, especially when you have more than 20 clips, which I often do.
If you stop-and-start and make 10 short videos to stitch together to make one longer movie, it’s almost impossible because the videos are downloaded in the wrong order. So to make a coherent movie, you have to move the first one to the last order, the second video to the second-to-the-last order, and so on. It used to download in the correct order, but since this last “upgrade”, mixes up the videos so they are unusable.
Never received
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I wish I had received this camera but I did not. Therefore, I can’t review it. My review is my disappointment with the the service from this vendor.
Flip Video
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Great for random use to capture special moments of my child’s life. Easy to use and small enough to keep on hand all of the time.
best value for the price, indespensible
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Best $125 I ever spent. Recommend wholeheartedly and without reservations! Carry this thing with me everywhere. Post videos on YouTube and Facebook. Make school projects for the kids.
Advantages
2 AA batteries available anywhere, carry replacements with you.
User interface of device clear and simple.
Disadvantages
No tripod connection!!!
Supplied software is klugey and intrusive.
As an amateur, I’m importing videos into Windows Movie Maker and happily editing audio and video.
good price for a film cam
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Good price, quality and plenty of time – 30 minutes is more than enough.
and easy and fun to use. I got it for my kid
Pretty Okay…
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I bought this camera and at first it seemed pretty good. They updated the program on the camera so that when you use it for the first time it asks to download an update. When you do the picture quality and sound quality of the videos you create are of very high quality. I can post them up on Youtube and it’ll be High Definition. I use Windows and I believe most people who are having problems are using Apple. Now the program used to create and edit movies are actually downloaded from the website and not the small version stored on the camera which is really nice.
However I was really dissapointed that the details said it’s a 60-minute camcorder and mine only lasts for about 25 minutes. Maybe it’s a problem with mine I’m not sure but that’s a real letdown.