Aiptek DV5900 5 Megapixel Pocket Digital Camcorder

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.8 x 3.2 inches ; 1.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0009EJ92C
• Item model number: DV5900
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (71 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,359 in Camera & Photo (See Bestsellers in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 22, 2005

Product Description

Manufacturer Description

Built on the Pocket DV4500's successful platform, the New Pocket DV5900 is a multi-functional DV camera designed for capturing precious moments anytime, anywhere. It's equipped with a 5 mega-pixel resolution, MP3 Player, and lets you use up to a 1 GB SD card for more video, photos, and/or MP3's. Video record with MPEG-4 technology to give you VHS quality videos. The Pocket DV5900 is an indispensable companion for you to create and enjoy movies, high-resolution photos, MP3 music, voice annotation, as well as online video conferencing!

6-in-1 multi-function design
Digital still camera, digital camcorder, MP3 player, PC camera, digital voice recorder, and removable hard disk

Max resolution of 5 megapixels
Equipped with 3-megapixel CMOS sensor, the still-image resolution of the Pocket DV5900 is enhanced to 5 megapixels to deliver high-quality photographs.

High-compression MPEG-4 for recording movies
MPEG-4 is the ideal way to store video clips in a highly compact format. With the Pocket DV5900, not only can you shoot more pictures and movies, but you can share them over the Internet by e-mail, posting on Web pages or viewing on PC or television.

Stereo MP3 player
Load your favorite MP3 files and play back the music directly or enjoy stereo-quality music via the headset!

1.5-inch TFT color LCD display
Review and playback video clips and pictures in real time. The TFT display combines striking realism and intuitive interface for the best image every time.

Flash strobe
Built-in flash strobe allows you to take snapshots in darker environments.

Digital zoom
4x real-time digital zoom allows you to zoom in/out while recording video!

Playback options
Connect the Pocket DV5900 to your TV/VCR to playback video clips and/or pictures, or play back directly on the built-in 1.5-inch color LCD.

Removable hard disk and SD/MMC card reader
In addition to the internal memory, the Pocket DV5900 also allows you to expand the memory capacity to record, snapshot, and listen to more songs. Store any type of data on the camera and take it with you. It works like a removable hard disk and SD/MMC card reader!

Product Description

The Pocket DV5900 is a multi-functional digital video camera designed for capturing important moments anytime, anywhere. It delivers a maximum resolution of 5 megapixels, records video in MPEG-4 VHS quality with sound and features a 1.5" color LCD screen. On top of all this, it's an MP3 player, voice recorder, and web cam. This product comes with 16MB of internal memory, and has a built-in SD card slot that can hold up to 1GB (Card not included). It ships with a tripod/stand, USB cable, A/V output cable, camera bag, and headset. Also includes Camera Manager, CyberLink Video Live Mail, ULead Video Studio, ULead Photo Express SE, and ULead Photo Explorer software. Requires Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000 /XP;Direct X8.0 or above, 128MB of Ram, 64MB Video Card, 4x Cd-Rom.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

103 of 106 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the money, August 18, 2005

By	G. Froehlin (Coloraod Springs , CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have this gadget for a couple of weeks now. I am using it with a 1GB card which gives me 2 1/2 hours of video recording in 640x480 mode with ones set of rechargeable batteries. I used it on the dashboard of my car, using it handheld while riding my bicycle. Yes, the resolution and frames per second is not high quality. It needs quite a bit of light. Outside on a sunny day is perfect. The faster the objects are moving the more blurrs.

But it gives family and friends a good idea of what I want to show.

MP3 worked without a flaw and the still pictures outperformed my 2 megapixel camera. Also the Webcam feature worked great. While connected to USB it gets the power from the computer. Much better picture than the Logitech Webcam I have. Too bad that the DV5900 has no optical zoom. The digital zoom just reduces the resolution. Up to 2x the resolution is acceptable.

Only 4 stars because I really want the video in better quality. But for what I got the money is right.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little camera, May 12, 2007

By	D. Scarabino (FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this for my 14 year old son. He wanted a camera that also took decent video. After researching lots of brands, I purchased this small camera/camcorder (it fits in the palm of your hand). He loves it. The pictures are better than my Hp camera and he recently was in Godspell and my video camera wasn't working, so I recorded an one hour+ performance (we bought a bigger memory card)with no problem. Some of the video was blurry, but that was because I was over 100 feet from the stage and using the zoom with no tripod - but overall, great. It really is very easy to use, and takes great pictures. My son is looking forward to recording our trip to Rome this Summer with his new camera. I highly recommend this for beginners!

92 of 108 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for a school age person, but not for adults..., January 6, 2006

By	Graphixman (Coastal Maine) - See all my reviews

I was a little dissapointed by this product, but not surprised since the cam only cost $98 at Walmart. For what it does, this is perfect for the budding videographer in your junior highschool class. It will take MPEG-4 videos, photos, and store MP-3's as well as stand in as a capable web camera. However even at the highest resolution (3 possible the highest 640-480) the film was still grainy and motion jilted. According to the manual the camera is capable of taking 5 MP photos, but when I tried I compared the lower resolution setting, to the 5 MP setting, there was no decernable difference in the photo quality, though file size did confirm the higher res.

I didn't try out the MP3 player, so I can't review that feature, but the web camera did perform actually very well.

I ended up taking it back to Walmart, a little dissapointed but not surprised given the low price. It is perfect as I said before for a younger teen to have fun with filming their friends skateboard or whatever.

Hope this helps a little...