Creative Vado
The Vado is any of a series of
All Creative Vado and Creative Vado HD units feature a tripod mount, anti-AC-flicker feature which can be set for 50 Hz and 60 Hz regions, as well as RCA TV out functionality. The image sensors in all Vado units use CMOS technology for improved low-light sensitivity.
Vados are powered by
All Creative Vado and Creative Vado HD units also ship with the Vado Central software, which is stored within the Vado's internal storage. The program only runs off the Vado device itself, and provides simple
Original Creative Vado
The original Vado camcorder was introduced in May 2008. Sporting 2
Creative Vado HD
In December 2008, Creative unveiled the 1st generation of the
A Vado user can gain access to the unit's settings by simultaneously depressing the Play/Pause and Delete buttons.
The Vado HD ships with version 2.0 of the Vado Central software.
The Vado HD received an 89 rating from
Creative Vado HD (3rd Generation)
In December 2009, Creative released a successor to the original Creative Vado HD, the Creative Vado HD (Third Generation). The Third Generation now encodes to
In terms of design changes, the physical buttons on the original Vado HD were replaced by
Unlike the original Vado HD, the Third Generation is only offered in a 4 gigabyte version. With this capacity, the Third Generation Vado produces one hour of 720p video at approximately 7000 kbit/s, or two hours of 720p video at approximately 4000 kbit/s.[12]
The Vado HD (3rd Generation) ships with version 3.0 of the Vado Central software. In addition to being able to upload directly to YouTube and Photobucket, this version also allows direct uploads to
.Technical specifications
Model | Creative Vado | Creative Vado HD[13] | Vado HD Third Generation |
---|---|---|---|
Capacity | 2GB | 8GB | 4GB |
Resolution | 640x480 | 1280x720 | 1280x720 |
Dimensions | 3.9" x 2.2" x 0.6" (100mm x 55mm x 16mm) | 3.9" x 2.2" x 0.6" (100mm x 55mm x 16mm) | 3.9" x 2.2" x 0.6" (98.8 mm x 57.6 mm x 15.8 mm) |
Weight with battery | 84g | 100g | 93g |
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