Salton Beyond ePods Digital Video Camera & Portable Entertainment System (Red)
By: Salton Average Rating: 4.5 Total Reviews: 3
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 On: 2005-08-01
I bought this device in July of 2005 and I must say I was impressed with the picture quality and I like fact you can change the megapixel range from 2 all the way up to 6MP.
I have not used the web cam function on it and probably wont because I will be using a separate webcam for permannent placement on my laptop. I primarily just want to take pictures and occasionaly shoot videos.
Kudos on the picture quality of pictures taken in pitch darkness, the flash brought the pictures up better than I expected.
The settings are easy to navigate and use and it is pratically idiot-proof for a child to use as well.
The downside of this device is the voice recording playback quality...its mousey and can easily be drownd out by a crowd of 10 people talking at the same time.
If there will be another model in the future I hope that wont be an issue; also there was a mistake on the tech details in this items description on amazon.com. It was stated this device can use AAA batteries but that is not true at all.
It has its own battery pack, a 3.7V 900mAh Li-on to be exact; its life span between charges when using the camera to it highest megapixel quality really drains the battery quickly, insetead the use of high capacity AA or AAA batteries or photo batteries is a necessity, otherwise this device would have prompted a perfect score from me.
The amazon.com specs also stated that the max sd card capacity it can handle is 512mb...I dont know if that is true but if so it should be upgraded to using 2gigs in a future model.
On: 2005-06-07
I have just graduated and recieved this camera as a graduation present. I loved it because I am going to college and this thing is small enough to stick in oyur pocket and carry around. I had one problem with it though. The battery wouldnt charge up all the way it didnt even charge halfway. I sent an email to macys and I answered a couple question and I was able to get it exchanged for a new way. Now thats good service.
 On: 2005-01-21
My family absolutely loves this product. My wife likes to carry to use it as a digital camcorder. It is really great! Before, in order to import camcorder shots to our PC, we needed to use our DV Camcorder and import video through firewire. A terrible hassle. With this device, everything is so easy! My wife just use the camera, remove the memory card and plug it in her laptop. No need to edit or extract video like I did before with DV camcorders.
It is also great I can use this device for digital pictures, MP3, MPEG4 videos and even portable storage. Digital pictures seems a little blurry using the digital zoom. Just avoid using it, and you will be fine.
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