Portalbe Video Camcorder review

Storytelling implies the shaping of the story as well as the sharing of it with others afterward. The advent of broad band Internet service expanded the possibilities of Digital Storytelling. The emergency of Web2.0 applications such as Blogger, Youtube, Facebook, Myspace and so forth offer new opportunities to share short self-representational stories. (Lundby, 2008)

The price of digital camcorder drops dramatically in recent years. Even some of them are particularly geared to Youtube or other social networking users. On the other hand, portability is emphasized in the development of camcorders. Some device can fit right in your pocket. The quality of image is also critical. More and more popular, low price equipment are surfaced with high definition compatibility. I think this will be a thrust for DST implementation.

One of the famous portable devices is MinoHd, the world's smallest HD camcorder as the company claimed. It's only 3.3 ounces weight but can shot up to 60 minutes(4Gb build-in memory) of HD 720p, 30 fps video. Most importantly with build-in FlipShare software, you can browse, playback, edit and then upload to Youtube or email to your friend. I think it's pretty cool but not good enough for me to buy one.
http://www.theflip.com/store/MinoHD.aspx
Here is the review and compare to another device Kodak Zi6.
http://www.macworld.com/article/136915/2008/11/flipminohd.html

My favorite and must-buy is DXG-576V. It's ONLY 3.17 weight and also powered with HD 720p shotting. Althought it only build in 32Mb memory, SDHC slot is available for extension which means you can have 16Gb and more. As a rival of MinoHD, it provides Rapid Blog Manager software to allow you upload and share videos on Youtube as well. I can't see any reason not to pick up DXG-576V instead of MinoHD so far.
http://www.dxgtechusa.com/new/products-list.php?pid=36
http://www.dxgtechusa.com/old/data_sheets/567V.pdf
reviews of DXG-576V
http://www.digitalcamcorderss.com/dxg-digital-camcorder.html
Most importantly, you can have this amazing portable video camcorder ONLY $69.99 from costco. I can't wait to have one.
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11290079&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=&lang=en-US

Lundby, K. (2008). Digital storytelling, mediatized stories : self-representations in new media. NY: Peter Lang Publishing.