Difference between the Flip and the FlipHD: Are the files in the HD version of the Flip much larger and more time consuming to send/open than the regular Flip?
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I have both and I think the difference in picture quality is significant, especially for indoor shooting where you often have low light situations. After shooting HD videos, I was surprised how much grainier my older videos from Flip looked in comparison. The compression format is also different from the older Flip which helps compress the video despite the HD quality. The HD videos look so much better on my 17" LCD laptop than the older Flip videos. I also have Creative Vado HD, which I like due to the larger capacity and larger screen size for the same price range.
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Try this link from their website I bought the Ultra yesterday. http://www.flipvideo.com/products_flip_ultra_specs.II.shtml
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Hey Douglas, yes the speed is not a problem you can transfer files quickly, though I am not sure how long it takes for 32 gb. I use to transfer everything from my laptop to this external drive. But I would not recommend it. After one year of having it, all of the sudden the drive was not responding it, and was not retreiving my data anymore. Basically all the data I had about 250 gb files was burned and lost. It was quite a tragedy for me. But a classical ipod that I used to have with is also USB was much more worthy to keep it and it still has my data since 7 years that I have it. So, it's better if you buy a classical apple ipod, one of those which is also for music, but it's at the same time a hard drive, or take any other drive that you know from people that are reliable for few years. For example, i never even dropped this disc, I kept it always safe and in a soft case not to be damaged, and it was quite a great shock for me that all of the sudden it just stopped responding and never opened anymore, after only one year of having it!! Cheers and take care! Think before you buy this item, it's not reliable!
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I know you've already bought the Flip-branded cable, but try a plain ol' USB cable from another manufacturer. It'll be a lot cheaper and probably work better, too.
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Yes & no. Yes because it is easer to charge the Flip with the adaptor than it is to charge while connected to a computer. No because you can charge the Flip from the computer via USB. However, if you are not with your computer and need to charge the Flip it's handy to have!
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Yeah, those seem to be the major differences. The non-user-replaceable battery on the new View sucks though...that was one nice feature about the e200 series (as oposed to iPods) and seemed to make complete sense. I have had to use firmware update on my V1 e260 to recover from a crash and it was pretty seamless and I lost no data. V2, I believe, does not support the "recovery mode" firmware update. I have no idea what the parameters of the View are regarding this. Maybe it just never crashes! (not likely...) Other thing is the better stats on the microSD expansion slot...now up to 8 gigs (wow!) and using microSCHC. That's 16 gigs total without a hard-drive. Awesome! I have found, after some initial frustration and confusion with the expansion slot on my e260, that I just never put it in MSC (Mass Storage Class) mode and ALWAYS use it in MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) mode. I found moving files with Windows Explorer pretty glitchy in MSC mode. (Windows iExplorer would freeze up or get very strange-acting) Now, I just pull the microSD card, stick in into card reader on my computer (with the full-SD-size adapter) and add files like it was a pen drive. Perfect for podcasts which you switch in and out frequently and perfect for loading stuff for a trip. You could have a second card for you wife's/gf's music or podcasts as well and just swap it out without a Windows session. It DOES mean a much longer boot-up (really "refresh data" after the initial normal bootup...) but I think it's worth it for the flexibility of adding and deleting files so easily. You can always just remove the microSD and not deal with the "refresh-data" wait if you get sick of it. 8 gb of microSD would be nice though! Also, I'd like to hear some objective feedback regarding the sound quality of normal audio with the View as compared to the e280. Is is MUCH better? The e280 has become so inexpensive I may just go for that and wait out the View for another year or two.
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I too am having the same issue. When I playback the videos in large or fullscreen mode, it's jerky. In small mode, it's fine. I can't get Flip to respond to my email and can't get through on the phone, so I might be returning this one.
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Thanks, I found the same problem. I let the computer delete the videos as they are being downloaded this save having to delete the trash but I always feel uneasy doing it this way incase the connection were to mess up. I love my flips!
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Hello - I just looked on the box and it states that it is the flip 3. Not the 3.1 I hope that will help.
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Hello,I purchased 4 Flip Mino HD only 1 is working and other 3 are useless. I do not recommend.
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Hi Richard, My experience is, it is much faster than any Hdisk which has rotating objects. I experienced it with my laptop. Only thing you need to take care is of the adapter by which the HDisk is connected. This one is thinner than earlier one hence may require the packing/covering materials.
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No....unless you turn on folder duplication which will eat up storage space. I used to have a Drobo, had stability issues with it, bought the AH340, felt that it was too slow transferring files (based on CPU load) and ended up buying an HP EX495 which is the bees knees
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I don't know because I don't have any experience with that. It looks like the difference is the HD is a little thicker. Can't go wrong with either, especially considering the price.
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Yes. Check out this review: http://www.amazon.com/Flip-UltraHD-Video-Camera-Generation/product-reviews/B0040702HK
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Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a very helpful answer here. There's a suggestion that mino has "connection problems", which may or may not include "ultra". I'm not sure if or why there would be any difference if the software is the same. My general understanding from searching the web on this topic is that at least the 2d generation flips *should* work normally with late version macs (hardware & OS), but that their movie editing functions are not mac compatible. A suggestion above is that iMovie might render that less significant.
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I have the same problem. When I use the flip 2 with my iPhone (5) or iPad (3) the volume is too high when I want to hear music in the office or in the hotel while I am reading. Volume buttons at the flip 2 and iPhone are somehow the same. The only way to make this thing more quiet is to connect iPhone and the flip with a cable. Then it's possible to set different volumes on both devices.
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The Flip Ultra HD and probably al other Flips work great with a Mac. I have used a simple 2008 MacBook, iMovie and iDVD to make my first tiny film and the results are stunning.