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Quoted message said:Ok, i just happened to think of this.
25 years to late.
Portable, noncamera video recorders have been around since the beginning.
If you want to go all digital, check out the Archos AV-120. Add a wireless transmitter/receiver
from the helmet cam, and record MP4 direct to the hard disk.
This is out of your budget, tho, Trav.
Pete
Nah, too complex. i meant something that was the same as the recorder in a DV camera (not top of the
line, and not fully loaded). not a mini digital editing studio.
And i wasn't planning to buy one, i just thought they would be handy. i mean, if you want to make a
video while biking, skiing/snowboarding, or whatever, it would be small enough and light enough to
toss in a bak, or may by even just a [censored] pack. then you can supply your own camera (and power
source for it) and audio source. so when you get home, then you can download it to the computer and
begin editing.
I know i have seen simple portable VHS recorders, but those a re a bit too clunky for MTB
applications, and i doubt it would fit in a bak (i know my full size VHS camera doesn't, just too
friggen clunky. and no, this thing would not be practical to be worn helmet mounted like Pete's
digital video camera).
And it should not have to be very big. hell, one should fit in the case of this old CB radio i have
and still have room for batteries, and lots of extra space, and yet it would fit with ease in a bak.
So yes, i know they already have this type of thing out, but those that are out are way more than is
needed. it's the Sony marketing scheme. give it millions of features, lots of marketing, crappy
recording quality, and then lets charge 'em thousands of dollars for all the extra [censored] when the
base line quality of the recorder alone is worth maybe $100.
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~Travis
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