Customer Reviews:
  HD Test October 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This camcorder is only good for testing the HD system , and I think if you want to have a HD quality you will need to buy every thing High Definition like LCD TV, and DVD player
 Nice little video camera September 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've put this thing through it's paces since I got it a month ago and it's been great. Feels cheaply made but I've beat it around a bit and had no problems at all. Picture quality is fantastic, very easy to use and easy to handle. I'd buy it again.
It's OK September 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's ok It's not what everyone raves about on youtube. I had to buy the canon hv30 and I'm blown away with that one.
Very nice quality !!! September 18, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I made some videos and play them in my hdtv (42'). The picture quality is perfect. It is much better than those $500+ non-HD camcorder.
 Good and cheap HD video camera. September 16, 2008
The Aiptek A-HD+ is a great camera for the price. It's pretty rugged (I hauled it through a convention for three days solid on its virgin voyage) and the picture isn't bad.
The resolution is nice, though frankly I've only used it in 720p at 60fps, and not at its 1080p at 30fps setting. I prefer the higher framerate for conversion and the like. Either way, the shot is good. It's low light capabilities are noticeably grainier (which the manual warns you about) than day shots, but they are still quite good.
If there are any disadvantages in the camera, they are the fact that it has absolutely no optical zoom, and it has no image stabilization. Of course, those features add to the cost, so it's a fair tradeoff. If you really want optical zoom, the Aiptek Action HD (which Amazon apparently doesn't yet carry) has a 3x optical zoom at about $40 more.
A personal note, my arm got rally tired holding this in a fixed position for any real duration. If you plan on taking extended shots, get a tripod or a monopod. It's totally worth it, and then your image will be stable.
Finally, the container format the A-HD uses is .MOV, but the video format is H.264, so you can safely rename the container to .AVI to play and edit the files in something other than Quicktime. Heck, my computer performs better playing them outside of Quicktime than in.
I see this camera getting a lot of use in the future, though I'm still getting used to deciding when an event is better served by still shots, and when video is better.
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