hidef 720p "track cam" for $130
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hidef 720p "track cam" for $130
Good deal for a cheap in-car cam with excellent rez - no fancy features you don't need for track video.
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Most likely you've been looking at some other Aiptek camcorder (i.e. GO-HD or something else)
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Aiptek A-HD = $150 @ target: http://www.target.com/Aiptek-Camcord...Aaiptek&page=1
According to the specs on Aiptek's website however, the camera's native recording format is .MOV (Apple Quicktime). That's kinda FTL, considering that almost all of their other units do MPEG layer 4. The GO-HD is the exception, it also uses .MOV, which makes me wonder why they chose to switch formats for the HD stuff...
edit: I see that at least they include a Media Player Decoder, so it's not a total loss. So long as you can use that codec outside the bundled editing app, I could live with it.
According to the specs on Aiptek's website however, the camera's native recording format is .MOV (Apple Quicktime). That's kinda FTL, considering that almost all of their other units do MPEG layer 4. The GO-HD is the exception, it also uses .MOV, which makes me wonder why they chose to switch formats for the HD stuff...
edit: I see that at least they include a Media Player Decoder, so it's not a total loss. So long as you can use that codec outside the bundled editing app, I could live with it.
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It was $140 at Xmas on sale. Went back a week later to get another and it was $190.
I don't think the .mov is an issue for windows users since there's QTalternative for viewing (other than apple) and sourceforge as various free options for getting other formats from the h.264 mov file.
I don't think the .mov is an issue for windows users since there's QTalternative for viewing (other than apple) and sourceforge as various free options for getting other formats from the h.264 mov file.
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