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RCA EZ409HD Small Wonder HD Camcorder (Silver) |  | Brand: RCA
Category: Photography
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $104.99
as of 3/11/2010 12:50 PST details
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Seller: Computer Geeks
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 40014
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 0.9 x 2.5 x 4.3
MPN: EZ409HD
Model: EZ409HD
UPC: 044476065668
EAN: 0044476065668
ASIN: B001RIYOBK
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | High definition digital camcorder with 1080 resolution in H.264 format at 60 frames per second | | • | Two-inch, full color, flip-out LCD display for self recording | | • | Still photo capture at ten megapixel resolution | | • | 256MB internal memory with an included 2GB memory card; expansion slot for MicroSD memory capable of expanding memory up to 16GB | | • | Includes Lithium-ion battery pack with charger, AV cable, USB extender, wrist strap and carry pouch |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
RCA EZ409HD Small Wonder HD Camcorder
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| Customer Reviews:
Shady... November 11, 2009
Ryan McMickle
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
It really upsets people when companies exercise shady marketing tactics in order to make money.
If you buy this camera, you will be disappointed.
Here's why:
1. 1080p at 30fps sounds wonderful, which is why I bought it. However, the actual video quality sucks. Why? Because they put in a horrible lens. Your video will have a slight grainy look to it. So it doesn't even matter that you have 1080p. I'd compare the quality of the lens to that of a pencam - which if you don't know, is really bad.
2. This may not apply to everyone, however it's almost as if it's zoomed in more than it should be. I recorded at the same time holding this cam, and my FlipMinoHD at the same time. Not only did my MinoHD (one step below the UltraHD) look far better color-wise and quality-wise, but it also captured more space than the Small Wonder.
What are the shady tactics you ask? Well, that's a great question. And quite frankly, I'm glad that you've asked!
First, they launched this on Amazon in late January I believe. ALMOST a year ago. It was on pre-order forever, and the release date was always pushed up a month. I emailed RCA far before it was released and they said it was a shipping delay - 15 days at most. Turned out to be around 4 months longer than 15 days.
My guess is they did this because they knew they had a low quality camera they're hyping up to be high quality, and that if they released it well beforehand, the bad reviews would come in which = less sales. Instead, they decided to basically trick people into buying it for nearly a year, pre-ordering it so they could get all the orders beforehand.
The reason why it's so cheap is because of the low quality parts they're using. I would have bought this camera for $300 or more if they had the brains to put a decent lens inside of it.
For the sake of the children, DON'T buy this camera! Never buying an RCA product again - congratulations RCA, you're on my list of companies that don't know what they're doing and don't understand customer value!
Buy the MinoHD or UltraHD - much higher quality.
This camera is a dud. Very disappointed... November 12, 2009
Steve Morty (Tennessee)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I received my RCA camcorder and took some pics and sample videos. How disappointing! After all this wait, the videos are totally grainy. Nowhere near a "High Definition" quality. Also, the camera feels cheap and poorly made. I'm sending it back for a refund. No more RCA (Audiovox) products for me!
Image Quality is Horrible November 21, 2009
Confederate (Bethesda, MD)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Buy a good grade still camera and use the video in that. If you want a high definition camera, this will give you all the detail of a low grade camera with a plastic lens. (The lens is actually glass, but the image processor used is so bad that you're almost sure to be disappointed.) It's like buying a telephone and finding out the camera in it is horrible.
The automatic meter lightens and darkens the image every time you move the camera. Go to YouTube and do a search, and you'll find some samples of just how bad it is.
Manufacturers think they can just put out garbage these days, but word gets around. Don't buy something without reading a review. This thing is just awful. Don't believe me? Buy one and find out for yourself.
Grainy disapointment! December 9, 2009
RaRa (Tucson, AZ)
I guess I should have read the reviews before I opted for this camcorder. I was excited when I took it out of the box as it was so thin & included the li-on battery, then after I saw the video, I actually sent it back. Just grainy video, that's all I can say, plus the photo mode was way less than my old 2mp camera from years ago.I can say thankfully the phone customer service gal was great: even sent me an email with free postage back so I got my full refund! Now I can buy the Flip like I should have!
Cute camcorder, bad quality January 8, 2010
Alicia
The camcorder is adorable and very easy to use. The quality isn't that great, very poor in low light but better than a phone camera, great for internet use but you could never play it on a tv. The software is TERRIBLE. I was never able to get the program to play my videos and RCA/Audiovox customer service is even worse. I told them about my problem and they claim they had never heard of it before but as I can see from other reviews obviously they had. They called me back a day later treating me like I was an idiot saying it must be a conflict with a codec from another camera(even though I explained to them that the only other camera is my Nikon SLR camera and it doesn't have codecs but they didn't believe me). I gave up and just returned it. I was able to upload the videos online so if that's all you want it for then it works but don't expect the software to work or to get any help from their customer service.
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