Creative Vado Expert Reviews

Video with no tapes or discs

Slim, cheap, nice screen, antiflicker modes

No headphone jack, video quality

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.

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

Sharp picture ; Large LCD viewscreen ; Small and compact

Tacky appearance

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

Creative's Vado Pocket Video Cam is slim, keenly priced, and has a unique trick up its sleeve.

The Vado is not really a device for anyone who wants to do more with their video than just upload it to YouTube. Its camcorder features are virtually non-existent, and decent lighting is required to obtain acceptable image quality. But it still ...

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

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.

Video with no tapes or discs

A fun way to produce video that can be shared online but quality isn't great as standard

The Creative Vado is a VGA video camcorder with one-button recording..

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Creative flips Mino the bird with this HD-shooting, HDMI-outputting, battery-swapping, software-packing 8GB Flash memory

The not-so-daft Vado is in the same league as Flip's Mino HD. It isn't quite a clone war: the Vado HD boasts twice the storage (8GB), a larger (two-inch) screen, removable battery and custom HDMI connector for instant plasma screen playback. The Vado ...

Okay, so we've established that it's HD, but it's not exactly what we'd imagine hotshot directors would use - its colours are wobbly, motion's juddery and audio is faint. Also there's no video light, autofocus or zoom lens. But that's to be expected ...