Customer Reviews

American Idol Digital Camcorder

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This is a really great product for older kids and teens. My kids (6, 9 and 11) had a ton of fun shooting with the camera and recording songs. But they were really into the software because it let them edit their own footage with video right from episodes of American Idol, not this season but last. They can put their own video of themselves singing, right on the stage from the show! Plus they really got into creating crowd cheers and applause for their own performance...more cheers than they get at home or in school. This will be a big hit for kids and teens, and probably a lot of older fans of the show too.

The camera works great. My daughter really enjoyed it. The one complaint I have is there is no easy way to contact their tech support for assistance because the CD that came with it does not install the driver fort he camcorder correctly. Luckily my daughter had a friend who purchased this same camcorder about 8 months prior and the CD that came with it had an earlier software version and driver and we were able to complete the installation.

This is a fun gadget for the kids. However, it did not come with any instructions. If my boys (ages 9 and 12) hadn't used the device at the science museum movie camp this summer we never would have figured out how to use it. (Plus my husband is a software developer. That helped too).

The boys made stop-gap animation movies using their matchbox cars. The quality is decent for what we paid for it.

I ordered this item on 12-16-2005. I was informed by Alhambrabooks on 12-21-2005 that this item was unavailable, would not be shipped and that my account would be credited. To date, 1-20-2006, a month later, the charge remains on my account and has not been credited as promised. This does not seem like a very good business practice. Please credit my account immediately for an item that was never shipped from this source.

The Amercian Idol video maker is the same thing as digital blue only with different software and a microphone. And since it is made by the same company as Digital Blue, how could that be unlawful. It is a brilliant marketing scheme from the manufacturer to sell all the leftover models from last year with a new logo and and additional features, that make kids ask for it for xmas.

Heyy,
I haven't bought this toy yet but it looks pretty kool.
I was wondering if you could just make plain old movies and forget the singing all together? Because i dn't think they sell the regualr digital blues anymore.

ok, everyone: I didn't buy this, but it is the exact same thing as the digital blue that was for sale in earlier years! I have the digital blue, and it the exact same camera exept for the logo!!! Sinse it wast made by intel like the D.B was, isn't that plagarism?