RCA EZ201 Small Wonder 60 Minute Point-and-Shoot Camcorder (White)
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Customer Review: Easy to use, OK video
Summary: 3 Stars
The ergonomics of this device are pretty good. Simple buttons to do all common operations, no complex setup menus. The power switch does tend to get pushed by accident if you put it in your pocket though.
Video quality is OK, and works well for small size playback, but is not good for larger screen viewing. The MPEG4 compression makes things reasonably small, but given the mediocre quality, I would have expected the movies to take less memory than they do. The colors are somewhat washed out, compared to the movies my old Canon digital camera took. The low cost makes this a good camera to let my kids use. I wouldn't use it
for anything I really wanted to treasure though.
Customer Review: EZ 201 works as advertised
Summary: 4 Stars
It worked without major problems. Videos are adequate quality.
Problem areas:
It is difficult to see the screen in daylight outside, particularly on sunny days. My wife and I both took long videos of the ground thinking we had turned the thing to stand by. It would have helped to have it make different sounds when shooting video vs going to stand by. For all I know it does, I am half deaf.
Adobe Elements 6 makes only a generic Thumbnail of each video. I don't know if that is a problem with Adobe or RCA?
Overall I rate this little devise higher than the much talked about Flip which lacks the SD card slot. Sound is acceptable.
Good luck with yours.
Customer Review: RCA EZ201
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this camcorder for a class that requires us to record presentations and then bring the recorded presentation to class and play it. Everyone was so much more impressed with my little camcorder and the quality of the video than they were my presentation. It is so easy to use, you can record yourself, play back on my 36 inch TV was supreme. Good picture quality (on HQ)and good sound quality. I plan to expand my memory, so to record longer. The ONLY problem I have found is that it does use up batteries quickly, so I am gonna invest in some rechargeables. I would suggest anyone to purchase this device, it is awesome for the price and the quality is right up there with the larger models.Customer Review: Good camcorder
Summary: 4 Stars
I wasn't looking for anything expensive or fancy, just something that could get the job done. After looking at a few other brands, I settled on this one. I bought this video camera to record my training sessions and critique form on all my heavy lifts, and to date it has done a great job. It is small, easy to use, has OK video quality and comes with a USB extension so you don't have to worry about the connector getting all torqued up when it's hooked into the computer. The only complaint I have, and it is to be expected with any tech product, is that the RCA eats battery power like a kid in a candy store. Do yourself a favor and buy some rechargeable batteries.Customer Review: Small Wonder Great for Webvideos
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased a small wonder just to take on vacation for short little videos that could be sent to family members or on websites. We let the kids use it to video whatever they felt was fun and important. It handled everything pretty well.
Pros - easy to use, quick, simple to operate, videos are good enough for e-mailing and website. Files are in AVI format, so they can be viewed by Quicktime or Windows Media Player (with the right audio/video codec installed).
Cons - Fairly low quality (ok on a pc/mac). Software on PC doesn't always appear, so you have to copy the files off the device manually. NO Mac software or support.