Insignia NS-DV720P High-Definition 720p Digital Camcorder (Dark Blue)

I was shopping for a cheap camera to record some YouTube videos with, but I got SOOO much more than that! This is the ideal camera for me; It's HD (720p), great sound quality, and has a built-in LED flash. The only "problem" with it is that the image gets a little grainy in lower light situations, but I like that. It gives it sort of a vintage-film look. Since getting this camera, I've been able to produce the quality music videos and vLog that I was hoping to do. Great camera at a great price!

Bought this in 2012. Love it! Does true HD.

As portrayed. Good movies.

It works fine for what you expect a camcorder to do for the most part. It accepts SDHC cards and you NEED to use them otherwise you'll get less than a minute worth of video before the internal memory fills up.Pros:1. Video quality excellent, it even catches the slight burn in on my plasma TV.2. Large 3" screen for viewing your videos.3. Battery lasts maybe 90 minutes. I consider this a good thing because my old camcorder was literally 20 years old and used VHS tapes.4. Price is very good for a first camcorder.Neutral:1. Only 3x digital zoom2. Slight learning curve when learning the menu system3. Requires SD or SDHC (use SDHC) memory cards. Internal memory is incredibly small.Cons:1. Creates movies in AVI and MOV formats. These formats don't work for most video editing software. So far I've only found it works with Windows Live Movie Maker.2. Sound quality is terrible, when I shoot video reviews I have to jack the volume up extremely loud for it to be somewhat audible to the camera. Talking at a distance of > 10 feet will be pretty hard to hear. The speaker is on the right side of the camera, not in front which is strange.Overall this is definitely a 3 star product. It records video which is great but sound is terrible. 5 star video, 1 star sound makes an average 3 star rating. Everything else is not as important as the quality of the original video. If you are recording yourself for Youtubing it's great, but even making video reviews it's not the best. Here's an example of a review I did with it, I was only a few feet away from the camera at all times. [...]

I have bought 2 of these and they've been great. Still and video are very good quality. The only issue is the plastic tab that the allows the compartment to open in order to use the port. The tab broke off the first camera and the second camera has the compartment hanging. That saying I really can't complain, each camera has been used consistently for thousands of stills and video (all for a great price). I may even be buying another one soon.

When I used it seemed to work just fine. The flip screen is cool. I like how it mounts to my tripod and the picture automatically flips when I turn it upside down. I uploaded the videos that I took. I went to play them back. What I see looks adequate for my purposes. But I am really disappointed with the sound. It's very quiet and scratchy to boot. I think I will take it back for this because that makes these vids useless to me.

I received this camera as a Christmas gift, and it's become an extension of my arm since. I take it everywhere. It has a quick startup time, and it's very easy to start recording. I've also left it in my car in subzero temperatures many times, and it still starts up just fine.The things I don't like have been written by others already. The video records to .avi and .mov files which is not easy to work with, and the sound quality isn't very good. Other than that, I like it a lot.

Had it for about 30 months, 2.5 years, 2 yrs 6 months :D. Anyway it's great and records in HD. No problems at all. You can turn the side so others can see themselves as you record them etc. I highly recommend this camcorder. I got mine for $80 on sale $50 off at Best Buy. If you have any questions feel free to message me.