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RCA EZ300HD Small Wonder High Definition Digital Camcorder (Black) | 
| Brand: RCA
Category: Photography
Buy New: $179.99
Rating:  6 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 1.4 x 9.5
MPN: EZ300HD
Model: EZ300HD
UPC: 044476059131
EAN: 0044476059131
ASIN: B001GV22V2
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 months
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| Features:
| • | HD Quality Video Resolution: 1280 x 720 in H.264 format at 30 frames per second. | | • | Still Photo Capture 5 megapixel resolution still photos. | | • | 2GB Internal Memory with SD card slot Holds up to 1 hour of video clips in HD mode, or up to 6 hours in YouTube Capture Mode. Expand recording with up to 16GB of extra memory - expands HD recording time up to 9 hours! | | • | View & Record Large 2.4 LCD Display, and a flip out lens for self recording | | • | Built in HDMI and USB Connect to your HD TV using the built-in HDMI connection, And a convenient USB arm allows quick connect to PC or laptop for easy viewing & archiving of video clips |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Audiovox Electronics Corp. (EZ300HD) RCA Small Wonder HD Digital Camera. This sleek compact camcord
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Great for the Price . . . and fun! January 1, 2009
Judd L. Silverman (Brooklyn,, NY USA)
This is a fun little camera, especially for the price. Do not expect broadcast quality, of course, but it is so light and so easy to use that you can take it anywhere and be up and shooting in seconds. The Memory Manager software is very rudimentary and far from flawless, but it is a cinch to drag and drop the data from the camera (when plugged into your computer) to the hard drive, where you can then use it in other editing software. It makes "candid video" as easy as a snapshot.
 Conversion problems, no support December 31, 2008
Product seems to work fine. But the "free" software you download leaves a watermark until you buy. We get errors using the software and there is no support to boot. So our memory card is full and we are currently stuck. Next time we'll buy something that records in a universal format.
Great little camera. Works with Mac with some tools. December 13, 2008
Zaccariah Bowling (Dallas, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2UB83XCIGZSR This video is my unboxing of the RCA EZ300HD from my blog.
Its great for the price.
Upsides:
* Price to features is much better then the Flip Video Camcorder: 60-Minutes (White) (the original) and about par with the Flip Video Mino Series Camcorder, 60 Minutes (Black)
* Simple, simple, simple!
* Mini HDMI port
* Full and Mini SD Card slots
* 3 recording modes
Downsides:
* Mono microphone that sorta sucks.
* Can't turn off onscreen display when using video out on RCA or HMDI (WTF?)
* Packaging from hell!
Some issues though for macs but they are solvable.
The h264 encoder encodes in h264 but the built decoder for quicktime from apple doesn't like something about it and the audio codec used in the audio stream is a microsoft based one (based on WMA).
There are two solutions that work wonderfully.
1. use an updated version of VLC
2. to play the videos system wide install:
a. FLIP4Mac - for the Microsoft Audio Codec)
b. Perian - for an FFMpeg based video codec for quicktime - http://www.perian.org/ -
I did a full review, sample videos, and unboxing of the product at:
http://zbowling.com/blog/2008/10/08/rca-small-wonder-ez300hd-review/
Great for the price and size, a couple things need fixing November 20, 2008
ChrisDFW (Plano, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really like the way the videos turn out in HD for a camera of this size and price.
Some things that need addressing if RCA will come out with a firmware upgrade:
1) No matter how big of a memory card you put in, it stops recording after one hour and you have to start it recording again.
2) The compression is a bit too much for moving scenes and it needs an option to allow higher quality HD even though that will use up more storage space.
I would think both of these issues could be addressed in a firmware update if RCA will support this product. It has lots of potential and already has good white balance and low light quality.
It would also be nice if they had a clip on wide angle lens. The current lens has a pretty narrow field of view and you may have to stand way back to make a video of a group of people.
Amazing cam for under $200 November 15, 2008
Brian Brewer (Portland, OR United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are in the market for a easy small "Flip" type cam, forget the rest. This camera takes great video in most settings. It DOES NOT suffer from the frame wobbles like most cameras of this type. Just take a look at my sample videos:
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Microphone is decent, and does well with adjusting to loud sounds. I shot a few scenes at a concert, no distortion.
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