Just tossed together a video, sorry if it’s a bit rambly. I just wanted to discuss a couple of the options available in the world of “action cameras”. They’ve come down incredibly in price while really moving up in quality. Today we’re looking at the old stand-by, the HD Hero from GoPro and the X170 from Drift Innovation. It’s a real “apples to oranges” comparison since the X170 is standard def and the GoPro is HD, but I’m hoping to come back with a brief review of the newer HD X170 soon.
Oh! One thing to keep in mind, when you’re reviewing this video, is the quality could be considerably better. Unfortunately I didn’t have the time to make sure we were going through the minimum number of re-encoding iterations, so there will be some unfortunate artifacts and junk. Um… enjoy?
PS> This is a freshly uploaded video, so it may have some playback issues until the dust settles over at YouTube.
Fri, Oct 8, 2010
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