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1. 

   Ming Chiu
   April 12th, 2010 - 03:14

   Battery lasts for only a few minutes. “Low battey” with less than 5 minutes of use after a full chharge.
   
   Narrow angle
   
   Poor quality in low light
   Rating: 1 / 5
2. 

   Prasenjit Lahiri
   April 12th, 2010 - 05:06

   I am all for the new type of flash based camcorders as a big market exists.

   A great idea for a few basis features that an average person will use 99.9999% of the time.

   Where Aiptek loses out is in Quality Control. The form factor is good, although I’m worired over teh longevity of the unit, feels too delicate.

   This particular unit I had ordered had a pronounced bluish tint to the video, even in broad daylight. Seemed like i was using a permanent blue filter over the lens.

   Bottom line, I would still pay an extra 300-400 just for the quality control and ruggedness of more established name brabds even though I will not use more than 5% of the available feature set.

   Hope this helps.

   Rating: 2 / 5
3. 

   Thomas Grillo
   April 12th, 2010 - 05:21

   This camera has a blue tinted lense which makes everything come out with a blue tint in the recordings.

   It has a mic input, but it’s rubbish. You hear a high pitch shrill in both the external mic, and internal mic modes.

   It’s iris settings are useless at certain resolutions.

   They took away the ability to use external audio. Doesen’t really matter since the other cameras have it, but you have to run an external video into them as well to get it to work. (poorly, I might add.)

   This camera lacks even the ext a/v. A trade of to get the ext mic, I suppose.

   The SD card slot is difficult to get the card in, and out of. There’s a cover plate for the jacks that’s hard to open.

   At least this camera doeen’t do that swimmy zoomy thing all their other cameras do whenever your talent moves their hand in front of their face, or something goes by the camera.

   I was really let down by this camera.

   I wish these manufacturers would get the message that we need cameras that provide true external audio input, xlr mic inputs, and we need to be able to do that without having to run ext video as well to get it to work. We need to be able to use the camera’s onboard video with external a/v so we don’t have to use the crummy built in mic, which by the way is so hissy it’s pethetic.
   Rating: 2 / 5
4. 

   J. De Jesus
   April 12th, 2010 - 06:32

   1st I want to say THANK YOU Amazon.com for having a really good customer service.

   Why I started this review with thanking Amazon, it’s simply for them caring for their customers.
   
   They saved me from my defective product and backed it up with a fast transaction to replace it. All this happened within 4 days.

   I know your looking for a review on the product, but I had to give Amazon.com praise 1st, THANK YOU!

   For the Aiptek HD GVS1080p, it works as shown on sites with sample videos (be sure to check it out). My first problem with it was low lighting, but after being replaced because of defectiveness, it worked well. Don’t think it does a perfect low light capture, it’s just good enough for what the cam can do. In the other hand, day time filming was EXCELLENT, and I mean clear and perfect for 1080p quality. You won’t find a mini camcorder that uses an SD card that expands to 32GB and has a rechargeable battery. The FLIP and Creative products, were choices for me as well, but the storage lost it for me. If you’d like to see samples of video, check out my You Tube page “Cjaysimag3″.

   *** The 3 stars – Because the 1st purchase was a defect, but replacement made up for it.

   If that didn’t help with decision making… JUST TAKE THIS WITH YOU… DO NOT ORDER FROM A PLACE WHERE YOU WON’T GET GREAT SERVICE FOR REPLACEMENTS OR REFUNDS. KNOW I told the truth regarding Amazon.com

   THANK YOU, ONCE AGAIN AMAZON!!!

   Good luck All…!
   Rating: 3 / 5
5. 

   Jonathan Ong
   April 12th, 2010 - 09:15

   For normal casual short clip use outdoors it works fine, video quality is good in bright light. Battery lasts slightly under 90 minutes continuous use.

   The lens is very narrow angle- you have to stand a long way from your subject to get everything in the video. Controls feel a little loose under the fingers, the zoom toggle is imprecise. You don’t want to rely on the camera for anything since it is hard to hold steady and slow to take shots.

   The microphone is mounted inside the lcd panel, and it works but if you wanted to record music for example, the sound distorts very early. Conversations, real world noises are fine.

   Low light performance is poor. The picture is grainy and grey. What do you expect from a $180 device though? Its good for what it is, but won’t be anywhere near as good as the more expensive HD cameras.

   I returned this product because it broke on the 2nd use- the zoom stopped working, the camera no longer powered off without removing the battery entirely, and the lens made a clicking noise constantly.

   Since i actually need something for low light shooting, i opted to buy a canon HF11 instead. But if you are on a tight budget or have never had a camcorder before, this might do the trick. I cannot personally recommend it however due to the poor reliability.- i’d recommend going for a more traditional palm-corder style canon/panasonic/sony (the brands i’ve owned before now).
   Rating: 2 / 5

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