Creative Vado HD

For $180 (as of February 16, 2010), the third entry in Creative Labs’ Vado HD pocket camcorder series offers enough features and video quality

the Creative Vado HD splits the difference between those two top-rated pocket camcorders, offering top-notch 720p footage in low light while sporting an external mic port and versatile in-camera settings

The Vado HD also has a wider-angle lens than those two chart-topping camcorders, as well as a pair of features I haven’t seen in any pocket camcorder: exposure controls (you can ratchet up the brightness of your footage while filming, using a four-step EV adjuster), and a motion-detection mode that automatically starts recording when the camcorder senses movement in front of the lens.

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