Creative Vado Review

noreply@blogger.com (Cookster) — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:28:00 +0000

I have many relatives overseas. Not that many compared to most Filipinos, but I have enough. My sister who lives in Ohio came to visit a couple of weeks ago. And she bought everyone a Creative Vado.

It looks like an iPod Mini, and its pink. I thought that it was a camera at first, but it only takes videos. The thing about it is, it takes great videos. It has an internal 2 GB of memory that is more than enough for your daily video shooting. The LCD display is 2 inches and has very good anti glare, perfect for the beach. Bad thing about it is when you transfer it to your PC, it looks a bit grainy since the format is 640 x 240 on an MPEG 4 AVI at 30 frames per second. For me, that is a bit low if you want high quality videos.

It does have a very clever USB connector that is well hidden under the unit. And that doubles as your charge since the only way you can charge the damn thing is through your USB. There is a AV out but it does not come with an AV cable. My brother bought a cheap AV cable and it does not work.

The Verdict:

It is a useful piece of gadget you can add on your geek bag. It is very light, too light that you think it is only a case. It is not too big and not too small either. The videos look great on the Vado but when you will be disappointed when you transfer it to your PC. It has a direct online sharing on YouTube and Photobucket. But I would rather keep it on my hard drive since the video quality is too grainy. It is not yet released in Manila but I saw its competitor, the Flip, priced at P 6, 000. Too expensive for just a camcorder.

Why Gadget Pinoy?

noreply@blogger.com (Cookster) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:01:00 +0000

I love technology.

Ever since I was a kid I love playing with gadgets. One of the oldest memories I had was when my sister was about to kill me because I touched the film of her old Canon camera when I was 6 years old. While growing up, I always liked technology over sports. I prefer playing my old Nintendo Famicom rather than playing outside with my friends. Since we were not really rich, it took a lot of effort for me to learn computers. I remember renting a computer just to play with MSDOS while sitting beside college students typing their thesis away in Wordstar.

You may think I am one of the geekiest guy in the world. On the contrary, I never really learned that much about technology. I do not know what other versions of whatever software is needed for this gadget. But whenever I buy one, I make sure I study it and know what is needed. That is the birth of this blog.

This blog was created to inform the public of the necessities of the gadget they are buying. No technical jargons, no biased reviews. What you see is exactly what you will get.