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New MinoHD From Flip Video

FlipMino2ndgen Last night Flip Video launched the 2nd generation of their MinoHD shoot-and-share camcorder. This second iteration delivers what many customers have been hoping for. The new Flip MinoHD has twice the recording time (8 GB) of the previous version. You can now record up to two hours of HD footage. Like with previous Mino’s you can directly connect to your computer via the built-in USB; with this new MinoHD you can also directly connect to your HDTV via the new MinoHD’s FlipHDMI mini-HDMI connector.  Along with output enhancements, the camcorder’s display is now larger (2-inch) than previous versions.

 

 

Hardware is not the only improvement with this new Flip camcorder. The pre-loaded FlipShare software has also been improved. With FlipShare’s Magic Movie feature, users can select a series of video clips, and the feature will edit the clips into a movie for uploading to the FlipShare Website (also viewable on your iPhone or iPod Touch with the FlipShare App), YouTube, and Facebook! Yes, Facebook. Within the next 2-3 weeks, FlipShare software will be able to upload directly to Facebook so you can shoot and share with all of your friends and fans. FlipShare will be the only shoot-and-share camcorder software with Facebook integration this holiday season.

--Brandon M. Baker

Comments

Are there major features/differences compared with the UltraHD?

Does it have image stabilization? If not, all their upgrades are useless. A HD camcorder is useless without image stabilization, unless you carry a tripod with you everywhere.

I see resolution is still 720p, which is pretty much obsolete now, with 1080i camcorders being on the market.

What is the video format? H.264 MP4 is currently the best quality for file size, and file size is a big deal with HD video. We don't all have 4 TB hard drives sitting around our house to store the amount of video one might shoot in the course of a year.

I could really care less what software is stored on it. I am not going to edit or encode video with anything less than a dual or quad core processor and at lest 2GB of RAM.

Does this have external microphone capability?

Wow Awesome. new Flip MinoHD has twice the recording time (8 GB) of the previous version...Hope Flip MinoHD will be in Sweden soon :)

nice this is new to me...thanks forsharing....nice blog site

that look great if compare to previous model

I cannot get the Flip Mino HD to trim videos, no matter what I do. I follow the directions step by step, but...it doesn't get trimmed. Help???

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Flip Mino Hd has great ipod design,simple to use, no fuss approach , fun to use,great for kids to use, fits into a pocket. My verdict the flip mino hd is not designed to compete with a larger camcorder, like a samsung HMX20C or Cannon HF 100, but as a stand alone fun unit, it scores.

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