Vado HD Impressions
Here are my initial impressions on my new Vado HD:
Pro:
- Quality of picture and sound are pretty good (haven’t tested it much).
- Fast startup.
- It mounts as a drive.
- Movies can be viewed and the drive managed without running the Vado Central software.
- The software / codec are installed on the drive making it easy to plug it into any computer and use it without going through a painful installation step.
Con:
- The battery door is pretty flimsy. One of the benefits of this device is supposed to be its replaceable battery, but I wouldn’t trust this door to last for a long with frequent battery changes.
- The battery door doesn’t actually close fully with the battery inside. This problem is solved by putting on the included skin.
- Like the Flip, this has an extendable full-sized USB adapter. While I understand the benefits of this approach, I would much rather they used a mini USB port instead. This would allow for either a smaller device – or my preference – room for a stereo microphone input and output.
- Documentation is bad. Normally I don’t care about that, but there is no information about the different quality settings. This can be easily found online, but it should be in the manual.
Bonus Con:
- I bought the Creative branded waterproof pouch assuming it would be sized for the Vado. While it will work, it could be much smaller. The Vado swims in it. With the skin on the Vado it keeps stationary inside of the pouch.
So far I’m happy with it.
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