Posted by Bill Funk on 12/20/06 20:02

On 20 Dec 2006 07:31:22 -0800, "QnA" <yubbers9@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>You may have seen that BestBuy is selling the latest
>incarnation of the Aiptek PVR, which shoots 640x480
>videos and has a big LCD, MP3 player etc. It seems
>that Circuit City sells a cheaper version of the same thing.
>
>The saleswoman at BestBuy doesn't like it. She says
>that people bring it back complaining of a focusing
>problem, and I am curious if anyone here has
>experienced that. However the store doesn't have one
>on display, so how could I know?
>
>http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7867472&st=aiptek&type=product&id=1142301544192
>http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Aiptek-Digital-Video-Camera-DV5900/sem/rpsm/oid/146748/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
>
>Thanks.

It's a piece of crap.
"Aiptek Digital Camcorder with Hard Drive and 2.4" Color LCD "
Oops, no hard drive; it uses SD and MMC.
There's no mic, so videos recorded through the lens have no sound.
Oh, wait: "Digital audio player plays MP3 files; built-in microphone
for rich, detailed audio." But wait, again; don't they mean "speaker"
instead of "microphone"? Below this, in Product Details, it clearly
says no audio sensor. But how can any audio from a speaker of a size
that will fit on this device deliver "rich, detailed audio"?
Use it as a PVR? Sure. What will you do with a movie on a SD card?
It will record SVHS quality. Wow.
It looks like they used Sigma's team of spec writers: "Enhanced
8.0-megapixel digital camera with a 5.0-megapixel CMOS sensor for
stunning detail and clarity in still images; 640 x 480 video
resolution." 8 MP out of a 5 MP sensor.

For this, they want $135. AND, they are sold out.
P. T. Barnum was right (and yes, I know he didn't really say it).
--
Bill Funk
replace "g" with "a"

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