Overall, a good product for the price. We got this for our 11 year old daughter to record video with her friends. She really enjoys the camera and found it very simple to use. We plan on using it to record special family events also. This is not high quality video, but it is fine for our use. We have not tried it underwater yet. You should be aware that storing all your movies on your computer takes a lot of capacity and is probably not a good idea. For example, my daughter recorded 3 minutes and 32 seconds of friends playing Rockband. That file is 115 MB. That means 1 hour of recording would be roughly 2 GB. Depending on how much you record, I would recommend either getting an additional external hard drive or more likely, keeping "works in progress" which you are editing or saving enough video to move to a DVD. A blank 2 hour DVD costs roughly 50 cents. My 8GB (about 4 hours) memory card purchased with this camera cost $20.
Pros
Simple to set up and use. Small size is easy to keep in a pocket. No expensive tapes to buy. Reasonable quality for the price and type. You can shoot a still shot while recording video. You can playback directly to a TV, download to a computer or burn it to a DVD through the computer.
Cons
Buy a second battery at the start. Battery life is less than 1 hour and there is no AC adapter to plug in and keep the camera running. The battery must be removed from the camera and placed in a separate charger. Doesn't come with any memory card to start. Power switch is awkward and easy to turn off while operating the camera.Get more detail about Sanyo Xacti VPC-E2 Digital Camcorder and 8 MP Digital Camera (Blue).
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