Flip Ultra HD Test

Areas of interest and which is better, the Creative Vado HD or the Flip Ultra HD.

Design - Vado - Smaller but does not stand up without a tripod.
LCD Display - Ultra - Hands down the LCD us much brighter and more clear.
Batteries - Ultra - Has rechargeable AA pack and will use standard AA batteries.
Controls - Ultra - Almost a tie but Vado power button is hard to push.
Lens - Vado - For it's wide angle lens
Low Light - Vado - Both kinda suck but the Vado has less noise. However, the Ultra has more gain.
Indoors - Tie - Both are very similar indoors with decent light.
Outdoors - Ultra - The Flip has better color and sharper video.
Colors - Ultra - More realistic colors. To me, the Vado looks over processed.
Saturation - Ultra - Vado is over saturated.
Sound - Ultra - Hands down winner here. The Vado sound is low and muffled. Ultra is crisp and clear.
Mac Support - Ultra - I'm a Mac user, the Ultra is made with Mac user in mind. iMovie imports the .MP4 files directly. The Vado .AVI files require conversion before they can be imported into iMovie.

At the end of the day, for me the Flip Ultra HD is a better buy. It's a bit more expensive, a bit larger, and does not have the wide angle lens. However, it's better video quality, far superior sound quality and the fact that it is Mac friendly totally make up for that.

[redeagle]

This is great man. I'm getting one of these just because of this stunning video.

[letmeplaymystrat]

@Sullication Thanks, I appreciate that. I live in South Louisiana.

[letmeplaymystrat]

@AnythingLoud Thank you for the very informative and constructive criticism. I'll jump right on that.

[letmeplaymystrat]

@xxGEORGIABOIxx Thank you, much appreciated. Hope you enjoy it.

[KevinStephenson]

Great test shots for the video. Helped me make my decision to buy!

[TheDarkvolt]

@letmeplaymystrat I LOVE the resolution! Thanks for the vid (best Flip UltraHD test vid on YouTube).

[letmeplaymystrat]

@qtip1195 You are absolutely correct. It has no zoom and as I stated in my written review below the video, both this camera and the vado "Kinda Suck" in low light. But then again, all pocket camcorders that I have tried have a hard time in low light. Many of the full size consumer and prosumer cameras fail here too.

[MrRollsRoyce]

looks like a very peacefull neighborhood. nice test excellent hd

[letmeplaymystrat]

@TheBigupz The camera's max resolution is 720p which is certainly HD. Thanks.

[letmeplaymystrat]

@TheTraveler327 I have to believe that anyone who thinks this is a bad camera does not have reasonable expectations for a pocket cam. It will never come close to a $1000 HD camcorder and it certainly has its shortfalls, but what it is, it does a great job.

[SupramanTRD]

wow this is so much better than my jvc cam, this really brings out colors and light, I like how the flip ultra takes standard batteries instead of lithium but only thing i dont like is built in memory, a SD card slot would have been better

[Music-Tech-Life]

Your home & neighborhood Lawns has to be the best Lawns I have ever seen. I see Tropical Plants, so I'm thinking it's in Florida. Great Video Also. You sold Me! :-)

[letmeplaymystrat]

@MissKeeweeBishes Looks like you can pick these up now on sale for $99. Great deal.

[letmeplaymystrat]

That's possible. I don't have Vegas, so I don't know for sure.

[letmeplaymystrat]

@xxdavid206xx Yes, as long as your expectations are realistic. At the end of the day, it's still a pocket camcorder.

[letmeplaymystrat]

@FurtureSims Not sure about the mino, but the I think the Ultra HD saved videos as MP4 which worked very well with iMovie with no conversion. I also shot with a Creative Vado HD and I think that was AVI and required conversion on the Mac, so I just stuck with the Ultra HD. I really can't deal with having to convert videos in order to edit them. I'd rather just replace the camera and get one that is compatible with my computer/software.

[letmeplaymystrat]

The Vado video does not work with iMovie without converting it first. It's a bit time consuming. That is the main reason that I bought the Flip Ultra also. It's video container is MP4 and works with iMovie in native format. For PC users, I'd go with the Vado.

[letmeplaymystrat]

I think it took about 10 or 15 minutes to upload. Then it took a couple of hours for Youtube to make the HD version available.

[letmeplaymystrat]

It was edited on a Mac using iMovie 09. It was recorded, edited and uploaded in HD 720P.

[letmeplaymystrat]

@naruto5168 Really depends on what your needs are and what you want to use the camera for.