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

Got mine about a week ago. Video quality is good - miles better than Zi6. However, the HD quality is still not there. While 720p resolution looks nice on a 15" laptop screen or even a 24" monitor. However, it's a different story on a 50" 1080p HDTV (Vado pushes 1080i). It's pretty pixelated. HD+ is a little better but still doesn't look smooth.

There is a speaker "pop" noise whenever the unit is turned on, off and recording/playback modes are switched. Although it doesn't get recorded in the video.

Enter Canon SD780 IS. Got one yesterday. And I AM IMPRESSED. Smooth video - optical image stabilizer (although it helps a lot, doesn't eliminate shaking completely). Colors are accurate, low light performance is better than Vado. Outdoor is CRISP.

Canon must not compress the video as much as Vado, even in HD+ mode. In HD+ mode, Vado shows 2h:12m remaining on 8GB. Canon shows only 44m on 8GB. May be that has something to do with "smoother" quality video.

Vado does not have still picture capability. Really? I mean come on - now you need to carry 2 devices. Plus, Vado is significantly larger than SD780 IS too.

Overall.. 780IS 720p video OWNS them all - in the compact HD category.

3-star due to lack of optical image stabilization, lack of scene quality settings and the protruding lens is a nightmare. Get more detail about Creative Labs Vado HD 720p Pocket Video Camcorder with 8 GB Video Storage and 2x Digital Zoom (Black).