Is it good for taking family videos that can be posted to Face Book?
1571265
It is for me! I took it to Florida to the Kennedy Space Center and got some fantastic pix, indoor and outdoor, upclose and far away .... User friendly and fun .... For the price it is a awesome find .... I even hook it to my K9 as he jumps into lake, runs thru forest, chases frisbees, etc!
2218819
What is your usage? If just to back up the content of your SD card - it is great tool, I can recommend it. I was quite happy to make back-ups of my videos during holiday, taken by car-security camera. Easy to use and reliable. But do not expect to play video files on this device.
677412
I don't know. I never tried. I did post a brief video once. It was shot in 1080P nice high definition, but when it appeared on Facebook it was so grainy it was unwatchable. Probably my fault for not being very tech-savvy.
388340
No !! they take mini Dv tapes who are very outdated and were always expensive. I have a ton of footage of my familyusing mini dv tapes. I need to tranfer them to a regular dvd so they can last longer. Im not sure how long those mini dv tapes will last.
2130860
Yes, and you probably want a memory card to keep the pictures on. My daughters have even used it to record a video of rainbow loom charm.
2070616
As long as you are watching videos off the built-in Video app, it should work okay. Be careful with third-party apps, they may not always work.
2010735
Yes, generally it takes good pictures. It also has a little box that recognizes faces. The sound quality on the little videos it takes is amazingly good.
1996154
You can store those videos into camera memory. It is a flash drive. (No playback feature).
789824
Well, I can tell you that Amazon's Unbox videos do not play on my Clix. Pity. I'll probably not use their service because of this. Videos for the Clix is still pretty much a DIY affair. You have to encode videos to a non-standard and very specific format. I haven't found any commercial videos that you can simply download and load, nor a service where you could easily upload, get conversion and download. I don't bittorrent nor pirate. As far as looking better than youtube videos, that's really an artifact of how the videos are prepared. I've converted home video taken at 480p (standard DVD resolution) and they look surprisingly good. Probably due to the Clix's good resolution for the screen size and the glossy screen. You know how good the resolution can be by the small size of the menu texts that are still legible and by quality of still photos. That said, the 15fps does hurt it some. In this respect you may find it looks like much of what is uploaded to YouTube by webcams. If you're looking to watch video content extensively, a media player with a bigger screen is probably for you. To show off a video clip of your kid's birthay party or little league home run, it is great. I put some in-car video from a race track experience on my Clix and was able to impress many I showed it to. They didn't seem put off by the small size. Being able to fit it in your pocket is a plus. All that said, my RAZR phone does nearly everything the Clix does, so I'm using it less.
865924
I wouldnt say any longer than most other apps, but a warning it might still not work. You have to depend on their server either with or without video.
1970724
Yes. Use it for recording while your child writes his or her site words, multiplication tables, etc.
2007759
No, it will not. It is great for office desk because it turns on and off based on motion. So when you leave, it turns off and then when you return, you see beautiful pictures of the family that you miss. It is definitely a cheaper version of SONY, but you get what you pay for right? Also, I have a MAC computer and was able to get the pictures uploaded, but not video. So, if somebody has a PC, please feel free to chime in:) All in all, it's a great gift! Merry Christmas:)
663621
I purchased mine a long time ago and still use it extensively...because of its small size and just the right amount of functions that I use makes it right for me...takes great videos and pix for my tastes anyway...hope this helps...
451317
The brand doesn't matter as long as it is a Class 10, (this means it will have a faster speed for videos, if you plan to take videos). Just make sure you are getting a large enough storage space for you, as well. Hope that helps.
559431
It should work just fine. Bear in mind that the camera will be upside down. You may have to stand on your head to watch the resulting videos! LOL! Have fun!
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Thanks Dale --That sounds great! Almost too easy to be true? I guess the big hang up with those old camcorders was getting the video onto a PC, connections, storage space, firewire's, etc.... I just want to put them on a dvd so this sounds like it would work for me. It is just home video of the kids growing up so top image quality isn't really a concern. The only other question is, what do you think the 'playability' of the recorded disc would be on devices going forward, meaning our PC, parents PC, whatever dvd player we have, etc.....? Any special type of disc to ensure compatability with multiple devices?If I spend hours converting but then can't watch, I haven't really accomplished anything. Thanks Dale --That sounds great! Almost too easy to be true? I guess the big hang up with those old camcorders was getting the video onto a PC, connections, storage space, firewire's, etc.... I just want to put them on a dvd so this sounds like it would work for me. It is just home video of the kids growing up so top image quality isn't really a concern. The only other question is, what do you think the 'playability' of the recorded disc would be on devices going forward, meaning our PC, parents PC, whatever dvd player we have, etc.....? Any special type of disc to ensure... » Read More Thanks Dale --That sounds great! Almost too easy to be true? I guess the big hang up with those old camcorders was getting the video onto a PC, connections, storage space, firewire's, etc.... I just want to put them on a dvd so this sounds like it would work for me. It is just home video of the kids growing up so top image quality isn't really a concern. The only other question is, what do you think the 'playability' of the recorded disc would be on devices going forward, meaning our PC, parents PC, whatever dvd player we have, etc.....? Any special type of disc to ensure compatability with multiple devices?If I spend hours converting but then can't watch, I haven't really accomplished anything. « Show Less
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You can. I have only done it once. I use the video on the document camera and saved it to my computer. The video turned out really well, and the kids enjoyed it.