If you wanted a Flip camcorder and high-definition video, you had one choice — the Mino HD, a $230 pocket camera at the top of the Flip range. And according to Flip and its website, that’s still the only option.
Unless you head down to Bestbuy, where a brand new Flip Ultra HD can be had for just $200. This still unofficial camcorder was picked up by a fellow named Gary Cannon, and he has posted the unboxing pics to prove it. We’re not sure if the new Ultra HD picks up some of its big brothers functions such as fast forward and rewind, or h.264 compression, but we do know that it will shoot for two hours (twice that of any other Flip), it has a supplied rechargeable battery which can be removed and replaced with a coiuple of AAs.
It also has an HDMI-out, which means that — if that is an uncompressed signal — this could be used as a very cheap front-end for a big video capture setup. We’ll be keeping an eye on the Flip site for the official details.
Flip Ultra Hd Unboxing [Gaxonline via Engadget]
See Also:
- Hands On With the New Flip Mino
- Flip Mino Camcorder Shoots for High-Def
- Review: Little Flip Mino Clone is a Plastic Piece of Poo
Post a Comment