Creative Vado (2GB, Pink) - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The Creative Vado is a very tidy little point-and-shoot VGA camcorder

Pros: Sharp picture ; Large LCD viewscreen ; Small and compact

Cons: Tacky appearance

Verdict: The only real problem with it is the price. It may only be £79, but in the US it costs $89 which is a lot cheaper. That said, even in the UK the Vado is still £20 cheaper than the Flip which goes to show that maybe it is quite good value after all

Pros: Slim, cheap, nice screen, antiflicker modes

Cons: No headphone jack, video quality

Verdict: Despite the Creative Vado's drawbacks, it's a really well-priced device that's good for capturing off-the-cuff video clips. If video quality is important to you, you should steer clear. But Creative's pocket camcorder is serviceable and inexpensive.

Review summary: Creative's Vado Pocket Video Cam is a pocket video camera that's slim and relatively inexpensive, and holds plenty of footage.

Verdict: Despite the Creative Vado's drawbacks, it's a really well-priced device that's good for capturing off-the-cuff video clips. If video quality is important to you, you should steer clear. But Creative's pocket camcorder is serviceable and inexpensive.

Review summary: Video with no tapes or discs

Review summary: Creative has done a nice job with its first entry into the straight-to-Web mini camcorder market. With its small form factor and a rechargeable battery, this camcorder has an extremely low price tag to keep you sweet and away from point-and-shoot ...

Pros: Design ; removable, rechargeable battery ; easy to use ; relatively inexpensive ; one-touch video uploading to YouTube and Photobucket

Cons: Included desktop software is almost featureless ; no SD/MMC expansion slot ; Mac users have to manually copy video files to their computers

Verdict: While its video quality doesn't quite measure up to some of its competitors, there are enough pluses to make the Creative Vado Pocket Cam a worthy contender in the mini camcorder market