Sunday, January 16, 2011
Videodrone
Friday afternoon I thought I'd hit the jackpot when I happened to come across a High Definition digital camcorder at Best Buy for fifty dollars.
"Fifty dollars?" I gasped. "Oh, this is just TOO good to pass up."
I was wrong.
The video quality is grainier than the Zapruder film, the files won't play in Windows Movie Maker, and trying to get the damn thing to focus is like trying to explain the Pythagorean theorem to Snookie.
I shot tons of video clips over the weekend, in different locations, with different lighting, and they ALL turned out looking like crap. Now I see why Best Buy reduced the price by more than 50%. They KNOW Insignia's 720P "HD" cam is a piece of junk. This thing doesn't even belong in an electronics store- it should be collecting dust in Wal-Mart's toy department.
Here's a video I shot before taking the camera back to Best Buy.
Was I exaggerating? I've seen regular digital camcorders that had better video quality than that. Well, that settles it. I'm just going to have to tighten my belt and save up for that Sanyo cam I was eyeballing at Radio Shack. Either that, or stand on Fulton Industrial Blvd with a sandwich board that reads: "Will reluctantly perform the unsavory act of fellatio for brand new Sanyo High Definition digital movie camera."
"Fifty dollars?" I gasped. "Oh, this is just TOO good to pass up."
I was wrong.
The video quality is grainier than the Zapruder film, the files won't play in Windows Movie Maker, and trying to get the damn thing to focus is like trying to explain the Pythagorean theorem to Snookie.
I shot tons of video clips over the weekend, in different locations, with different lighting, and they ALL turned out looking like crap. Now I see why Best Buy reduced the price by more than 50%. They KNOW Insignia's 720P "HD" cam is a piece of junk. This thing doesn't even belong in an electronics store- it should be collecting dust in Wal-Mart's toy department.
Here's a video I shot before taking the camera back to Best Buy.
Was I exaggerating? I've seen regular digital camcorders that had better video quality than that. Well, that settles it. I'm just going to have to tighten my belt and save up for that Sanyo cam I was eyeballing at Radio Shack. Either that, or stand on Fulton Industrial Blvd with a sandwich board that reads: "Will reluctantly perform the unsavory act of fellatio for brand new Sanyo High Definition digital movie camera."
