Creative Labs Vado HD 720p Pocket Video Camcorder with 8 GB Video Storage and 2x Digital Zoom (Black) Best Quality

Just received the Vado HD.
Pros:
Small camcorders in theory are fun and allow you to take video where you normally would not - big kudos to the convenience factor.
Buttons are well placed.
Large memory size - but in reality you don't need it because when using these cameras you take small clips and then download. But if you do record all on one shot this may be a bigger pro for you.
Actual videos are nice for such a small camera on the TV but not as nice as the HD TV picture quality you may be used to.
Battery life seems very good and you can replace them when they eventually die out.
Cons:
Video can be very shaky if you are not ever so careful - so they lack of image stabilization is a problem if you are careful.
Optical zoom is lacking and using the digital zoom is a huge mistake as the picture becomes very pixelated.
Low lighting situations are very pixelated/grainy
The USB jack located on the bottom is a poor location especially for placing this on something flat so it can record.
BIGGEST complaint is the software and MAC issues. You can get it to work but you must download additional codecs and such and convert - just ugly and not very easy. I finally did figure it out with the help of a savvy computer geek and then the additional conversion seem to take an even bigger hit on the video quality. It was jerky on playback - and this was on the latest brand new mac. The software interface and ease of sending to videos to family via email - it was just not a click and go camcorder like I had hoped given all of the conversion steps. I will be returning this and probably buy into the MinoHD cult which I know is easy to use and has equally good video quality or maybe the Kodiak Zi6 which has come down significantly in price.Get more detail about Creative Labs Vado HD 720p Pocket Video Camcorder with 8 GB Video Storage and 2x Digital Zoom (Black).