The World's Smallest Camcorders?
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The trend for gadgets is to get smaller and smaller, so here you have it: the world's smallest high-resolution camcorders! Read about them below and then we'd love to know your impression. In particular, we want to know, would you take interest in one or are they not intriguing to you at all? Tell us why. And do you think people would use them as spy cams? I want to know what you think.
First up, the Muvi Atom Super Micro DV Camcorder made by the company, Veho. The camcorder is 2" x 0.75" x 0.75" and is the successor of Veho's Muvi Micro. Priced at $99.95, it can also be used as a PC webcam and is available in black or white. For such a little thing, it is surprising to see all the features it includes. It records in VGA quality (640x480), which is comparable with the Flip Mino and Flip Ultra and includes a rechargeable battery for up to 1-hour of continuous operation. It comes with a 2GB microSD card to record up to 90 minutes footage.
It's also compatible with 8GB cards if you want to store more videos on it. The coolest feature is probably the voice activation. With this, the camcorder will start/stop recording at your beck and call. You can also buy a bundle sports kit ($19.95 at Firebox.com) that contains brackets, clips and straps that will let you attach the camera to your helmet or anything, so this may attract extreme sports guys who want to tape their climbing, snowboarding or other adventurous activities and stunts. Anyone else being reminded off MTV's Jackass? Next, there's the AEE Mini DV Digital Video Camera, which is similar in size to
the Muvi Atom at 2" x 0.78" x 0.70". Other similarities between the two camcorders include the sound activated recording, the recording format (640x480 VGA quality) and the attachable clip on the back, so you can do hands-free recording. The AEE Mini DV packs in a little more punch however with its ability to use a 16GB SD card and it's battery life of up to 2 hours. It also comes in red, in addition to the white and black. On Amazon, it'll set you back anywhere from $69 to $99.99. And if you're curious, check out what blogs around the web had to say about these two tiny technologies.
Geek.com on the Muvi Atom: "Once you start shrinking gadget down to this size, controlling them becomes a serious issue. Look at Apple's latest generation iPod Shuffle, which had to move the controls to the earbuds. Muvi handles the problem by making the Atom voice controlled."
Engadget on the AEE Mini DV: "Unlike some other world's smallest cameras, this one is actually a full-fledged consumer device, including some controls, a built-in lithium-ion battery, a USB connection, and a microSD card slot, which handles all of the storage duties as the company has ditched any internal memory to keep the size down. You'll even get some full 640 x 480, 30 fps video out of the thing, plus some 2-megapixel JPEG images."
Crunchgear.com on the Muvi Atom: "Ok, maybe you can convince me that there's a legitimate use for this, but I'm having trouble figuring out what that would be."
DVice.com on the AEE Mini DV: "One of the more attractive of the mini-cams available."
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PIPER said 4-23-2010 @2:31PM
Cool! I can use it secretly at a job interview.
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mitch said 4-23-2010 @3:02PM
This would be great for concerts that don't allow cameras, but there are 2 big problems no matter how you use them.
reply1. No viewfinder-Good luck filming what you want to....
2. No Zoom
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michael said 4-23-2010 @3:49PM
Just another way to invade privacy. You might think it's cool until it's your privacy.
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jenn said 4-23-2010 @8:27PM
I'm with you! Big Brother - we're already watched by cameras everywhere which is great for security, traffic, but this kind of stuff people can steal your identification & put things on the web - freaky and ENOUGH.
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sonia said 4-23-2010 @3:57PM
@-mitch
replyi had the same thought... concerts were the first thing that came to mind. :)
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Ed said 4-24-2010 @7:40AM
How cool is this
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Extreme said 4-23-2010 @4:23PM
COOL........
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Deb said 4-23-2010 @4:26PM
Sounds Great. I'd like to try one (for free of course) then to be able to give accurate feedback to the company. Because of the voice (sound) activation, these could be a great security aid for those who don't want the cameras to be visible.
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ruff said 4-23-2010 @4:42PM
this is good for all you sum bag who get their rock off filling inocent younger people.. perverts say bye, bye now lol...
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mike said 4-23-2010 @5:20PM
Very intertesting! It could be used for a lot of special tasks. One would be to in contract negotiations to film and record what was said so it keeps anyone from lying about the agreed upon terms. It is small enough to catch liars in the act.
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Mel said 4-23-2010 @5:35PM
As a PI, we have a few of these. We bought them on eBay direct from the manufacturer and pay a LOT less than retail.
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jerry lowczys said 4-23-2010 @6:01PM
I would like to have one of these mounted in my car aimed at my speedometer and the road in front of me.I could have gotten out of my last ticket when a cop pulled me over for tailgating him.He was in a bad mood and took it out on me.
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Rick said 4-23-2010 @6:11PM
I find it very hard to believe that there are so many crass, ridiculous, red neck attitudes about this. Like any camera of any kind, it can be used for good or evel, and everything in between. I would consider buying something like this. But I would prefer to try it out in a store, or from someone that already has it, before buying. The point made in one comment about view finder really made me think.
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Glenn Berry said 4-24-2010 @12:47AM
I awoke yesterday morning from a curious dream and told my wife about it. We were in a a hotel in an Asian country, and I noted that small circles - gummed reinforcers for 3-hole paper - were pasted on the wall here and there. I scratched one off. Several minutes later some security men knocked at our door. They wanted to know why I had disabled one of the security cameras! I was reminded of George Orwell's "1984"
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stewart said 4-23-2010 @6:23PM
I would use it to show what lousy scummy dispicable characters my in laws are
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steve said 4-23-2010 @6:36PM
COOL! I CAN STRAP ONE ON MY HAMPSTERS HEAD AND GET A REAL TIME COLONOSCOPY AND SO ECONOMICAL TOO
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Frank said 4-23-2010 @6:44PM
Just picked up a minicam named the Little Brother Cam that looks like a car beeper, it records great and it hold a 32GB chip. It was the same price and its much easier to hide and conceal.
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big bad john said 4-23-2010 @10:07PM
what in the world is a 'car beeper'????????????
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Adam said 4-23-2010 @7:28PM
Can I perform an endoscopy if swallowed ?
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DW said 4-23-2010 @7:46PM
Many police departments are buying these for their officers to wear. My agency doesn't provide them but allows officers to weat their own if they wish to purchase it themselves. Mine is turned on every time I get out of the car for business.
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