digital photo printing

Digital cameras

Camcorders

Accessories

Brands

Flip Ultra Series Camcorder, 60-Minutes (White)

Check our low price

Product Description The Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder is a revolutionary new way to shoot and share videos. Its portable, simple-to-use design makes it incredibly easy to create high quality home movies. The camcorder's built-in software provides a convenient, seamless way to save and share memories: email videos, make custom movies, capture still photos from video clips, and upload videos directly to popular video-sharing sites, including AOL Video and YouTube. Flip Video Ultra is the ideal, affordable choice for capturing everyday moments that happen anywhere, and sharing them with family and friends everywhere. This next-generation version of the original Flip Video line features a new sleeker design, premium no-glare LCD screen, and improved video and audio quality. Flip Video Ultra comes with a TV connector cable, wrist strap, soft carrying case, two AA batteries, and a quick start guide. Specs: Flip Video Ultra incorporates 2GB of built-in flash memory which holds up to 60 minutes of 30-frame per second full VGA-quality MPEG-4 video. Compatible with Windows XP SP2 and Vista; Macintosh OS X 10.3.9 or later. Computer connection via integrated USB Port. Reviews My 11 yr old daughter bought the Flip Video with her Birthday money. It is simple to use and easy to share videos with the family. I think it is a great product for her purposes and would recomend it to anyone who wants to make videos but not at a high expense. We have had this camcorder for over six months. It worked great for the purpose for which we bought it. However, it has a fatal design flaw that makes me give this otherwise wonderful little camcorder one star instead of five. First off, if you are looking for a primary video camera for taking important videos such as family vacations or special events--this is not the camcorder. It is a great little camcorder for making videos to post to YouTube or send in an email. Just look at the many video reviews on this site. You can see the quality is okay but not great. You can get better quality videos from many digital cameras. If you do take it with you on vacation, be sure to have a back up camera. We bought this camcorder for our kids to use. We wanted a camcorder that used solid-state memory (no tapes), was fairy durable, and not too expensive. In other words, we wanted a somewhat expendable camcorder. We looked at camcorders made specifically for kids and even bought one; they were less expensive but very low quality. The Flip fit our needs perfectly. It is durable and very simple to use. What really sold us was the Flip Video Underwater Case for 1st Generation Flip Ultra Camcorders which gave the camcorder extra protection not just from water but from dirt and drops. It has worked great for several months. The waterproof case has offered good protection and we make the kids always keep the camcorder in it unless they are using a tripod. We never had problems downloading the videos. It really is so easy an eight year old can do it. The Flip is a fun camcorder and it does all the great things the 5 star reviews say it does and we were very happy with this purchase--until last week. We connected Flip to the computer just as we have dozens of times before and downloaded the videos with no problems. We disconnected it from the computer and tried to turn it on. The Flip it came on for a second, displayed the Flip screen, and turned off. We immediately tried fresh batteries but the same thing happened. It was locked up. It is an electronic device and they all do this. This is why most electronic devices from the simplest toy to a pocket computer have a reset button or some other way of resetting the device. The Flip Ultra does not. I looked in the manual and on the Pure Digital site for a solution to this problem. They had nothing. I did a Google search for "flip ultra does not turn on" and I found a lot of people on FixYa, Yahoo Answers, and other forums who had this same problem. However, no one had a solution. I found out that the Flip Mino has a reset button, but I could find no such button on the Ultra. So I called customer support. Pure Digital is perfectly aware of this problem and their only solution is to take out the batteries for 72 hours to allow the capacitor to completely discharge. This is the only way to reset the device. I am unsure if this solution will work because we have not let it sit for three days without batteries. The kids were impatient and kept checking it and of course every time they put in the batteries the capacitor would charge up again. I have now hidden the camcorder and will make sure it sits for 3 or 4 days before we try again. And this will probably work, because other than being locked up, the camcorder appears to be fine. It still connects to the computer, even without batteries, because it is basically a thumb drive with a video camera attached. One of the people who posted on the FixYa forum looking for a solution to this problem was a student who was working on a group project. They said the project was due in a day or so and they would be screwed if they couldn't get the camcorder working. Since they would have had to wait three days before their camcorder would work, I guess they were screwed. Thus, the Flip is a fun toy but that is it. I certainly wouldn't pay the full retail price. It is not worth a hundred dollars, much less $135. Also be sure to buy it with a credit card that has purchase protection or get an extended warranty because the Pure Digital warranty is only for 90-days from the day of purchase. Obviously Pure Digital doesn't have much confidence in their product lasting very long, why should you? It is inexcusable for Pure Digital to continue to sell a device that has a flaw that renders it useless for days at a time. In fact, this should be enough for them to issue a recall for this product. I bought this item on Woot - not expecting much but the price was right. This little gadget is GREAT. My 5 and 8 year old girls use it all the time to make little moves. I have used it to record concerts and other stuff my kids have done. No focusing required. Images clear - esp outdoors. I bought this camera for my 9 year old granddaughter's birthday. I have one and she loved taking videos with mine. She said it was the best birthday present ever. It is so easy to use and with little help the first time she downloaded her videos herself. We both love this camera.