Best Flip Camcorders

Flip Mino HD 4GB - 1 hrs : $179.99 - Flip MinoHD 8GB - 2hrs : $229.99

The Flip Mino HD is Not Designed to compete with a larger camcorder, like a Samsung HMX20C or Cannon HF100, bur as a stand -alone fun unit, it score.

The Flip Mino HD feels solid but is extremely lightweight for its size, and, therefore, one wants to think it is fragile. It can be said that it's pretty sturdy and scratch repellent. Feathers rarely break when dropped. The Flip Mino HD isn't featherlight of course, and doesn't slowly float to the ground, but having dropped it several times from about four feet at the peak(a) and about a foot at the lowest, I can tell it's well enough built to survive the normal tumbles that cellphones-sized devices tend to take from time to time as they're knocked off desks or dropped out of pockets.

The body of the Flip Mino HD is made from a very glistening plastic that is like a magnet for your fingerprints. These are both inevitable and unavoidable no matter how clean your hands, so if finger prints are a pet peeve of yours, this alone may be a deal breaker for you. Despite its ultra-shininess, the device isn't slippery in the least and has a nice grip. The Screen Measuring only 1.5 inches corner to corner, the screen on the MinoHD is not just small, it's tiny. Since the device records in 16:9 aspect ratios, the video doesn't even take up the full height of the screen. The strips at the top and bottom of the video give you metadata like how much recording time is left, whether you're recording or not, how far along in play back you are, and a battery indicator.

The speakers sit on either side of the screen and actually do a pretty decent job of playing back the audio recorded. Unfortunately, unless there is a TV around for attaching to the Mino HD via the included composite video cable, the internal speakers on the device are your only option, as there is no headphone jack for monitoring the audio

Your family and friends can use FlipShare TV to enjoy the Flip videos and content you've shared with them via the FlipShare software's Flip Channel feature-even if they don't own a Flip Video camcorder themselves. When you add new content to a specific Flip Channel, your friends and family are automatically notified. And if they have a FlipShare TV, they'll be able to enjoy that content immediately, directly on their TV.

As with all flip camcorders the flip mino hd Record high-quality H.264 HD videos that are compatible with most video-playing applications, including Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player, and iTunes :