Flip MinoHD | The Coffeehouse

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

I got one of those last weekend. It's awesome Smiley

A pity that decoding HD MP4s is so CPU intensive...

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

What.. is it? I suppose I could look it up, but I'm lazy. Sell me on it.

Koogle
I'm a Terminator - Astalavista, Vis7a!

but... Does it blend? jk Big Smile

it does looks handy, and I've always fancied a device with a big red button tbh ... I wonder if it gets through airport security without a question? Tongue Out

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

A pocket camcorder. Records in 1280x720 30fps, stores in h.264 (mp4) clips on an internal 4Gb memory for a total of one hour of recording.

Once you're done, "flip" a switch on the side and a USB connector pops out. Connect and it's seen as an external drive, and on this drive you can also find the software for downloading, converting and uploading clips to youtube, etc.

$200 for no manual or automatic controls, awesome low-light sensitivity and no-brainer operations Smiley

ManipUni
Proving QQ for 5 years!

In reply to PaoloM

#May 15th @ 12:11 PM

I've seen several of these kinds of devices over the years and while the video quality has always been acceptable, they have always seriously lacked in the sound department. How is the MinoHD's sound recording quality? Does it support an additional external microphone?

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

In reply to ManipUni

#May 15th @ 12:22 PM

It sounds ok. It doesn't have external *anything* (and that's the reason why I got it)

jeffsand
Inch by Inch

In reply to PaoloM

#May 15th @ 12:31 PM

My 9 year old daughter is saving up for the FlipHD. She has 50$ remaining and it is her. Nice product, love that you can style it too.

Only thing I need to think through is where she'll upload video content to the web, where it can be secured for privacy purposes.

Dovella
Go Microsoft !!!!!!!

review

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

In reply to jeffsand

#May 15th @ 1:31 PM

Yeah, that's going to be a tough problem...

Koogle
I'm a Terminator - Astalavista, Vis7a!

In reply to jeffsand

#May 15th @ 1:31 PM

vimeo.com does the whole secured privacy thing

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

In reply to Koogle

#May 15th @ 1:48 PM

The issue is that, by having control of the source and the method of transfer, Jeff can't vet or not any of her uploads. It's not a technology problem...

Koogle
I'm a Terminator - Astalavista, Vis7a!

In reply to PaoloM

#May 15th @ 1:51 PM

talk and trust then

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

In reply to Koogle

#May 15th @ 1:54 PM

Yup. My parents were lucky that, when I was nine, to post something "online" required using a Super 8 camera, developing the film and passing it on a clothesline between apartment buildings.

But hey, 1971 was a cool year Smiley

jeffsand
Inch by Inch

In reply to PaoloM

#May 15th @ 2:03 PM

Exactly.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

In reply to PaoloM

#May 15th @ 1:51 PM

My impression is that Microsoft is usually late to the game when it comes to new things online, but when they release their product it invariably comes with parental controls, tie-ins with the rest of MS's online suite, and obnoxious adverts everywhere. Just wondering, but is the reason they come about that MS employees see something online and would like to use it for their families but since they lack "family-friendly" features they just commision a department in online services to re-implement it?

...so would MSN Soapbox be more appropriate over say... Flickr or YouTube which lacks said controls?

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

In reply to W3bbo

#May 15th @ 2:29 PM

What are you talking about?

GoddersUK
I CAN has cheezburger and you CAN'T has stop me!

In reply to W3bbo

#May 15th @ 2:29 PM

I prefer Soapbox's privacy controls - you can have:

Public - anyone can find, appeas in search results etc.
Hidden - Anyone can view but you have to give them the URL to find it
Shared - Only contacts you explicitly share it with can view it

Wheras YouTube only has Public and Shared - which as I often want to use hidden is a pain. But sometimes I'm I have to put it on YouTube and stomach public because if I'm uploading a screen capture or something I find Soapbox's quality below par - especially now YouTube does HQ and HD too.

intelman

Isn't that stuff GPU accelerated now?

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

In reply to PaoloM

#May 15th @ 2:33 PM

That the seeming NIH culture at Microsoft may be a product of actual employee's desires for product improvement rather than at the whims of the execs?

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

In reply to intelman

#May 15th @ 3:08 PM

Not every GPU does it. A lot of computers use Intel's GMA components which don't all accelerate H.264 and other modern codecs.

/has a GTX 280

//you should see my electricity bill!

///it's zero, I live in halls, har-har

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

In reply to W3bbo

#May 15th @ 3:43 PM

I thought that the British push for imperialistic practices in the Indian subcontinent was due to...

sorry, what the hell are you talking about?

Dovella
Go Microsoft !!!!!!!

Just Buy on Amazon UK Big Smile

Dodo
I'm your creativity creator™ :)

In reply to W3bbo

#May 15th @ 3:45 PM

Then he should get a Core i7 machine, it's also got HD video enhancements. For playing HD1080p@30fps in MP4 without GPU acceleration it uses about 7% CPU (which might also be something else running). The problem with HD video I am facing is mainly HDD and network performance. WMP should stop scanning my music files whilst I'm playing a HD video file... that's pissing me off.

Though on-demand encoding and streaming over the network is sure fun. Smiley

dahat

I've given serious thought to picking up one of those bad boys... but can't get over the fact that there is no option for throwing additional memory.

Yes... 60 or 120 min (depending on the model) is quite a bit for most things... I just can't get over the "What if I need a hair more? SD cards are so cheap" thought.

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

In reply to dahat

#Aug 17th @ 11:35 AM

That's where the netbook comes into play Smiley