Kodak Zi6 HD camcorder now available for pre-order!

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I don't know why you're so excited about this. Companies love to boast unbelievable specs at unbelievable prices. But odds are, what you get is an unbelievably colossal waste of cash.

Recording a 720p at 60 FPS is pointless if the lens and sensor are terrible giving you grainy pictures and piss-poor color accuracy. And what about the compression codec it's using? You really think a cheap sub $200 recorder can write full uncompressed HD footage fast enough? No, it has to compress it.

For $200 you can get a decent pocket camera with video recording capability. You'll get two units in one.

I'm sure the Kodak recorder can take pictures but odds are, like all video recorders, it's < 1 megapixel sensor won't deliver anything half as good as a camera half it's price, let alone a decent $200 camera.

If you want a good camcorder that's not a waste of cash, right now you gotta cough up bat least another $100-$150. It won't be HD but you'll be able to recognize what you're recording in less than ideal lighting conditions as well as zoom in optically at up to 40x.

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