Review: Creative Vado HD

You may not have been impressed by those videos on the previous page, mostly because I was moving while filming. Here are a few in prime form- standing still, outside, in the daytime. This is where the Vado HD really shines.



Score: 91/100- As you can probably tell from those clips, the Vado HD is a simply amazing video recorder while standing still. The videos on these page indicate the camera is best indoors with adequate light or outdoors during the daytime. However, the camera’s great image quality is significantly degraded when the cinematographer begins to move, but it’s not unexpected on a camera of this type. But when conditions are good, and the camera is still, the amazing video quality really shines.

Audio Quality

Score: 86/100- The quality of the audio is pretty good for a budget camera. It’s definitely one of the weak spots of the camera, but it’s a passable replacement for a normal video camera in this sector. You can hear from the videos in the previous page that the spoken word is clearly audible in the ones where people are speaking. It won’t be featured on Head-Fi as a top notch audio device, but for the rest of us, it works just fine.

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  2. Specifications
  3. Included Schwag
  4. Design
  5. User Interface
  6. Video Quality
  7. Video Quality 2, Audio Quality
  8. Software
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  • Mary
    Creative sent me an email noting Vado HD is on sale for $175 for the camera or $199 for the camera and a bunch of accessories. I own both the original ("standard definition") Vado and the Vado HD. Both shoot great video and are super easy to use. Perfect for tossing in my bag wherever I go. I have tried the Flip and Kodak. Creative's Vado edges both of them out IMHO. Great little pocket cams.

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