Cute little toy. Major battery problems as has been reported by many. Picture quality is good in sunlight(you must have a very steady hand) but really gets grainy indoors, very poor. Customer service is marginal at best.
MAJOR PROBLEM--Description on Amazon "DOES NOT" set forth minimum computer requirements for the HD and the Flip share software to function.
When I first rec'd the camera and made my first uploads to my computer everything was just fine, BUT after I rec'd a msg that there was a software upgrade and I upgraded the software the next uploads were jerky(start,stop,start,stop,etc,etc). When I contacted Flip Customer NON-service, all they would give me was that my computer didn't meet Minimum CPU speed of 2.0GHz. They would not tell me why everything was OK before the software upgrade nor provide a way that I could revert to the previous software version. I asked several time and all I would receive was "your computer does not meet minimum requirements" over and over.
Battery Issues and Ext Charger: Took me 2 days to finally get the batteries (bought an extra battery) to take a charge. Every time I tried the ext charger they would overheat and stop. They still will overheat even thru the USB port.
Never did try it thru to my HDTV--Flip didn't have HDMI cable in stock and I never even tried to find universal cable.
Again, be sure that your computer meets the minimum requirements.
The following is from Flip Customer NON-Service:
Users Running Microsoft Windows Computers: The FlipShare program requires the following minimum hardware and software to be installed correctly on your Windows computer in order to function properly:
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz processor or faster(Mino HD requires 3.0 GHz)
Windows XP SP2 with 512 MB of RAM, or Windows Vista with 1 GB of RAM
USB 2.0 port
SVGA display monitor and video card, with display set to screen resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels or higher and color quality/depth set to 24-bit or higher (to check/change setting, open Control Panel > Display > Settings)
Windows Media Player 9.0 or later
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or later
Great Idea but I am returning to AmazonGet more detail about Flip UltraHD Camcorder, 120 Minutes (Black).
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