PERFECT SOLUTION FOR BUSY FAMILY WITH KIDS. I also posted to [...], but wanted to post here to to share my wonderful experience with other Mac users.
Just received this camera today and have been playing with it. Flip Video MinoHD Camcorder works wonderfully! Great picture for such a small camera. Flip Video MinoHD Camcorder does a funky auto white balance adjustment on the fly, depending on the type of lighting (i.e. going from a room with fluorescent to a hallway with incandescent, or even changing the viewing angle in the same room . . . but this is not bad).
MOST IMPORTANTLY: If you have a PowerMac and are looking for a streamlined solution for getting HD video onto your computer and/or Apple TV, THIS IS THE PERFECT SOLUTION!
Several reasons:
-No need to transcode: I've uploaded clips directly onto the desktop and directly into iTunes by simple drag and drop, and clips play perfectly both within iTunes and in standalone QT. No more transcoding with Voltaic!! WooHoo!
-Apple TV has max HD resolution of 720p anyway, so I don't have to downconvert my captures from 1080/60i or 1080/30p or 1080/24p to 720/24p to play on the Apple TV, like I currently have to with my Canon HF10.
For the cost and size, this camera takes really very very nice images. MUCH nicer than the video captures on my point and shoot camera. And surprisingly, very nice even compared to the Canon HF10!
Overall, I am incredibly pleased, this device is the perfect, perfect solution for us: compact and portable, we can take Flip Video MinoHD Camcorder anywhere all the time and capture those short fleeting moments of joy with the kids, then upload instantly on a PowerPC Mac and view instantly on an Apple TV connected to our plasma, where Flip Video MinoHD Camcorder looks wonderful. No transcoding, no downconverting, no AIC, no AVCHD to h.264 to blu-ray or whatever. Just simple. I love this camera.
Did I say I really love this camera?
UPDATE 11/28/08: I must inform others that my review above is flawed in one way. I thought the clips from this camera worked flawlessly with both iTunes and AppleTV. They DO work flawlessly on BOTH Intel Macs and PowerPC Macs in iTunes (which is a godsend . . . no need to convert AVCHD to AIC using Voltaic, which is currently the only AVCHD solution for PowerPC Macs), but in order for the clips to play on AppleTV, they do have to be converted from 720/30p (what the MinoHD natively records) to 720/24p (the max framerate the AppleTV will support, for now anyway). Audio as recorded works fine.
So to upload and watch on any Mac: simple, flawless.
To upload and watch on AppleTV: upload to computer, open in QT, [edit if desired], choose Export Movie and change just one thing, make frame rate 24fps (I choose high bitrate 2500kbps, and audio pass-through). Not exactly "one step", but still just about the easiest way to get homemade HD video onto your plasma TV.
Easy + Compact = perfect for parents, like us
DO NOT BUY THIS!!!. I purchased the product less than a month ago and I have had to contact Flip three times. I video quality is grainy at best in any light. I was getting a fish eye effect on some of my videos. When I contacted customer service of Flip they assured me that I just got a bad camera and would be sending a shipping label. I have contacted them three more time about the same issue that was never taken care of and her is three week later and see grainy video and no way to return it. Save your money and buy a good digital camera. Flip Video MinoHD Camcorder will give way better resolution. Since I can't give Flip Video MinoHD Camcorder lower than one star, I'll just tell you that its only about 33% of a star.
Not bad, better choices out there.. The MinoHD is great to shoot amateur, high-quality video like many of the reviews say.
Program: Ran great, I had no problems. I decided not to use the program, Flip Video MinoHD Camcorder was easier to just drag and drop videos I'd made onto an editing program.
Video: It's HD, can't complain. The image can be a little grainy at night, but it's bearable.
Overall: After two weeks I decided to return Flip Video MinoHD Camcorder because there were better small HD recorders available. Some downsides to the MinoHD is that the video can be shaky unless you have very steady hands. Also the newer devices provide wrist straps, picture taking, more memory, and a better microphone for relatively the same price/size.
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