Aiptek Pocket DV Digital Camera, Voice Recorder, and Web Cam Customer Reviews

I bought this primarily for the record aspect. I wanted to take the record and burn it onto a vcd and mess about it on a 20 inch tv. This camera performs extremely poorly. If it were 30 bucks, maybe it would be worth it, but it isn't. Every time you mess about record, you can see the pixels. Also the insignia are VERY bad. They all be inflicted including a redish tint. Also i resolute to try out out the photo qualities and realized that they are also extremely poor. If you move it slightly, the assumed character becomes hazy and stark. This actually isn't flush skilled for whatever thing. Nowadays for this price of 60 dollars, you can get 1 megapixel cameras. Which go MUCH beter than this camera. It's vacant back to the pile.
- Vivek Reddy

This isn't a bad camera, if you dont want to take serious pictures. Of way you cant make any prints, keep for i took back a 2.1 megapixel camera and bought this one. I bought this bc it had a video feature, and being a ... gadget, i didnt estimate alot from it. it takes up to 3min 20 second video w/sound or 30 min of sound, 450 pictures. The pictures arent bad at peak feature, just use it online and on the notebook. Dont estimate to photograph these. There is no flash so use it in bright seats or in sunlight. if kinda dark, the video will have rosy color and wont be with the intention of great. This is good for beginners and ages 12- 21. It comes with good software. one thing with the intention of fooled me is with the intention of it said it had 128m sdram. IT ONLY HAS 16M. with the intention of was the only not effective side, keep for i was a fool for idea with the intention of in the initially place. Make this cam if you're new to cameras or just dont feel like paying paying [$$$] for a toy.
- "taylon28"

I just bought this camera continue week and I can't get my notebook to recognize it? I have windows me. so if you know what is ill-treat please aid!other then including the intention of i like the camera so far.please aid! season7780@yahoo.comThank You~!
- cheyenne

Got my daughter one of these for Christmas 2005. Compensated almost $32 at a local drugstore. Worked fine the first time I turned it on. Took cinema, a 30sec video (NO SOUND!). Was thinking I got a bargain!PROBLEMS START: Laptop wouldn't read CD, so I had to use my desktop to imitation drivers over to a thumbdrive. Drivers installed easily after that on my WinXP-Home Laptop. Using included software, device works GREAT as a webcam. Then I disconnected it starting the USB cable and it has NOT WORKED SINCE as a standalone camera. Will NOT TURN ON. Altered batteries, everything. Thought maybe a button was stuck...nope. But it STILL WORKS AS A WEBCAM when I reconnect it to the notebook by way of USB cable.PROS: Cute little camera (if it subdue worked). Takes videos (up to 200 seconds with built-in 16MB reminiscence- not expandable!)CONS: Videos DO NOT have sound...this is a BIG downer for a kid thinking she would be able to get on to videos of her & her friends.If you read the FAQ at aiptek.com they display it doesn't record audio w/video. This device will record audio (sound), but as a voice recorder, not as part of a video (seperate functions).DO NOT BUY THIS CAMERA if you think it would be a low-cost way of getting a digital camera in the hands of your kid. Many people have had problems with AIPTEK harvest. You get on to what you pay for (in my case, I got less).
- Pete from Texas

I bought this manufactured goods a year ago, and it actually is good while compelling still photographs and it worked quite well with online chat with windows 98. But lately i have downloaded the windows xp o/s ignoring the warns, And when I together this manufactured goods again to my pad, the pad fails to admit the manufactured goods. I am carriage this assess to give me key and not just to print it to your customers assess discussion. This manufactured goods is quite impressive but after this conundrum I have degraded it.
- Marina

I bought this camera awhile ago but just got around to trying it out. I was able to bed in the software and use the camera, but when I tried to connect the camera to my computer, no matter what I did, I may possibly not get my computer to recognize the hardware. The device manager software will not recognize that the camera is even plugged in. I went to Aiptek's website and it turns out that this is a compatibility problem with Windows XP (even though the camera is advertised as being compatible with XP), but I have yet to find a key to the problem that works for me. I ignored XP's warnings about installing drivers that Microsoft have not verified, just as the Aiptek site suggests, but that only crashes my computer. Aiptek's customer support personnel has yet to respond to my email about this issue. I have read two other reviews that reference this problem: one with the key of plugging in the USB cable into the camera first, then the computer. This did not work.
- Sean Fenty

bought this last night but would not work with my home edition windows XP. "Software not digitally signed by windows" message kept popping up promting to stop installation. So, although i ignored the message the camera by no means worked.
- goodsel

I tenderness this modest camera, to a top. You can take pictures, record ect.. "As lingering as you be inflicted with the EXTRA STORAGE", I can record voices (not be fond of a strip recorder save pro skilled enough) save pro I can release download my pictures and such I can not aid any of the programs with it, my computer is VERY NEW and it will not except the camera (I be inflicted with a additional lone INTEL "I aid it as a mess cam, with the intention of shows up on my computer save pro I cannot get the Pocket DV 3100 to overload) Mess cam??? Forget with the intention of; put on't disturb with prose the company by way of E-MAIL, they won't respond! We be inflicted with been tiresome pro weeks currently and still we are coming up to hear in trade! We be inflicted with three different cameras by them and none bring about as a mess cam! Skilled good luck if you hold this product.
- R. Raby "livingwell202"

I facility fair on my notebook, and the colors are also fair!If you see approximately redish or blueish affect-budge, you possiblyneed a differentlighting as I did, say a colorless-lightillumination.
- goodsel

Sweet skilled for the cash. Will hold 250 jpegs of VGA feature, ended 3 minutes of AVI (1/2 VGA at 10 fps) or 1/2 hour of audio single. Changes I would urge would be to make the microphone extra directional (machinist's voice is ended-modulated even as the subjects voices may maybe use some gain). Also, move the audio pin as I keep pressing it inadvertently. A little surpass power management would be kind too (the battery gauge is next to a dissipate of time). I be fond of the size and fee though, and the output feature is fair as lingering as you don't call for to photograph whatever business. Also, you call for their software to upload the photos/movies/audio to your computer. It would be kind if it was extra promote-n-mess about with anybody's computer, perhaps considering the camera as a further guide (read single, of way) as plugging in the USB port (though, to be rational, I'm not attentive of any competing manufactured goods with the intention of facility this way).
- Bill Montgomery

Aiptek Pocket DV Digital Camera, Voice Recorder, and Web Cam