Creative Vado Expert Reviews

In name recognition and sales, Pure Digital's Flip Video devices are as dominant in the YouTube-friendly pocket-camcorder world as the iPod is among audio players. But on paper, Creative's Vado Pocket Video Cam trumps the Flip models on several counts ...

Quick and easy uploads to YouTube Tiny, easy to use, and fairly feature-packed

Plastic build doesn't feel very durable Mediocre video quality

Despite the 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, opt for the Flip Mino. If you want to save $80, Creative's pocket camcorder is a serviceable ...

Sleek and slim design. Low price. Large screen. Rechargeable battery. Easy-to-use software.

Poor uploaded video quality. Subpar mic.

Creative's Vado improves on its prototype, the Flip Ultra mini camcorder, in a number of ways, including design and price, but its choppy video quality may be too much to overlook.

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Does HD pack a punch in your pocket?

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

No AV cable supplied, a little pricy

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

Creative's high-definition pocket camcorder impresses with its bright, colorful video quality and wide-angle lens.

The Vado HD certainly won't incite drooling; its design, which resembles that of an MP3 player at first glance, is rather pedestrian. But it also has a lot to like. Measuring 3.9 by 2.2 by 0.6 inches, the Vado HD is only a hair larger than the Flip ...

8GB of storage, HDMI output

A/V cable is an optional extra, screen could be brighter

We really liked the Creative Vado HD camcorder's design, especially the tactile silicon rubber body armour that prevents butterfingers. We were also pleased to find an HDMI output for which the associated cable is supplied, and the option to shoot in ...

The Creative Vado HD pocket video camera's slim rectangular design very closely resembles an iPod.

We really liked the Creative Vado HD camcorder’s design, especially the tactile silicon rubber body armour that prevents butterfingers. We were also pleased to find an HDMI output for which the associated cable is supplied, and the option to shoot ...

Keep a video camera in your pocket

Small and easy to use ; bright and colourful recordings ; software and cables included

Some video quality problems ; more expensive than most

A decent camcorder but it's more expensive than as-good-or-better rivals