Purchase Flip UltraHD Camcorder, 120 Minutes (Black)

First off, I really like this camcorder. My wife and I had been wanting one for a while but never could get past the 'there's only an hours worth of recording to be had'. Since this came out I figured two hours was more justifiable. As such, it was a birthday present from my wife.

These were originally made for YouTube uploaders, you know, for skater kids to humiliate themselves with entertaining videos of their trick-failure pain and agony.

On the good side, this thing is tiny compared to regular camcorders, easily fitting into one's pocket. The device goes from off to ready to record in a little over a second, has an internal flash drive holding 120 minutes and looks good to boot. Everything you need it has on it including rechargable batteries(An improvement over the Mino since you can put in new ones if the ones you have run out), internal programs that run on the PC to sort and upload the videos and a handy flip up USB2.0 arm for conecting to the PC which also charges the batteries. The camera also records in 720p and, lets face it, standard definition televisions have already been all but fazed out, so buying a standard def camcorder isn't that future proof. The device also has a Mini HDMI out for connecting directly to a high def TV.

Now the bad news. It only records in 720p, that's no problem except that if you have a 'very' large TV, say over 46in, it will make a difference that this is not in full 1080p, this wouldn't be an issue except for the fact that there are cheaper Flip-like camcorders that record in this higher def. The Flip also looks grainy in darker areas but for the price of the device one shouldn't expect miricles. Also, and the biggest problem, the device has an internal flash drive. Yes I know I put that as a good point but hear me out. Once you've recorded your two hours worth the device is worthless since it can't swap out memory cards and all videos are stored on the one drive so you can't swap out for different events either. Finishing, the features are incredibly sparse, only a zoom, but you can fix this in post on your PC through other programs.

All in all, a good product well worth the price but if you need better features in higher def at the expence of quality, or if you need more than two hours worth of coverage, there are cheaper products out there. Get more detail about Flip UltraHD Camcorder, 120 Minutes (Black).