Creative Vado (2GB, Pink) - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Creative's pocket-sized Vado can now shoot in 720p HD.

Review summary: Does HD pack a punch in your pocket?

Pros: Video quality, HDMI connection, easy to use, on-board software link to YouTube

Cons: No AV cable supplied, a little pricy

Verdict: The price is a little too high for us, but otherwise, an impressive array of features producing respectable results

Verdict: Far too pricey for the features and quality on offer.

Review summary: If it was cheaper, the Vado HD would be an attractive option. But at £200, it's hard to see its place in the market.

Pros: It's portable ; It's easy to use ; It's quick and responsive

Cons: Very expensive ; Frame rate could be better

Verdict: We'd advise picking up the original Vado, which at £62 on Amazon is a bargain in exactly the same way that the Vado HD isn't

Review summary: The easy-to-use Vado HD marries impressive video quality with a strong feature set, making it a serious rival to the leader in the mini-camcorder market, the Flip Video Mino HD. The Vado HD also boasts one feature that its main rivals do not -- a mini ...

Pros: Solid 720p video ; ultra-slim design ; removable, rechargeable battery ; easy to use ; one-touch video uploading to YouTube and Photobucket ; includes mini HDMI connector and bundled cable for outputting 1080i video to an HDTV

Cons: No flash-memory slot ; Mac users have to manually copy video files to their computers ; white balance is slightly off and colours are a bit amped

Verdict: The Creative Vado HD may fall slightly short of the Flip Video Mino HD in terms of video quality, but it's stronger feature set may tempt you