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

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Brand: Aiptek
Category: Photography

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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

15 reviews
Sales Rank: 45042

Media: Electronics
System Memory: 16
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Display Size: 1.5
Includes MP3 Player: 0
Maximum Resolution: .3
Maximum Vertical Resolution: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.9
Dimensions (in): 3.1 x 1.4 x 3.1
Warranty: 1 Year Limited

MPN: R-PKDV
ASIN: B00006AFEX

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The Pocket DV combines a full-color digital video camera with digital still camera, digital audio recorder and PC camera, all in a tiny package that fits easily in your pocket. Light, distinctive and easy to operate, this versatile, full-function digital camcorder helps you record life's precious moments.

Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars

AIPTEK Pocket DV (Thumbs Down) December 25, 2005
Pete from Texas (Fort Hood, Texas USA)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful

Got my daughter one of these for Christmas 2005. Paid around $32 at a local drugstore. Worked fine the first time I turned it on. Took pictures, 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 copy 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 from the USB cable and it has NOT WORKED SINCE as a standalone camera. Will NOT TURN ON. Changed batteries, everything. Thought maybe a button was stuck...nope. But it STILL WORKS AS A WEBCAM when I reconnect it to the computer via USB cable.

PROS: Cute little camera (if it still worked). Takes videos (up to 200 seconds with built-in 16MB memory- not expandable!)

CONS: Videos DO NOT have sound...this is a BIG downer for a kid thinking she would be able to make videos of her & her friends.
If you read the FAQ at aiptek.com they say 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 cheap way of getting a digital camera in the hands of your kid. Many people have had problems with AIPTEK products. You get what you pay for (in my case, I got less).

5 out of 5 stars

I works fine on my computer, and the colors are also fine! January 31, 2004
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

I works fine on my computer, and the colors are also fine!
If you see some redish or blueish color-shift, you possibly
need a differentlighting as I did, say a white-light
illumination.

4 out of 5 stars

I can't get it to work on my computer? December 5, 2003
cheyenne (florida)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

I just bought this camera last week and I can't get my computer to recognize it? I have windows me. so if you know what is wrong please help!
other then that i like the camera so far.
please help! season7780@yahoo.com
Thank You~!

2 out of 5 stars

Cant let it work December 5, 2003
Marina (Abu Dhabi)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

I bought this product a year ago, and it really is good while taking 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 connected this product again to my computer, the computer fails to recognize the product. I am sending this review to give me solution and not just to print it to your customers review column. This product is quite impressive but after this problem I have degraded it.

2 out of 5 stars

Aiptek Products July 5, 2003
R. Raby (Lenoir, NC United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

I love this little camera, to a point. You can take pictures, videotape ect.. "As long as you have the EXTRA STORAGE", I can record voices (not like a tape recorder but good enough) but I can only download my pictures and such I can not use any of the programs with it, my computer is VERY NEW and it will not except the camera (I have another one INTEL "I use it as a web cam, that shows up on my computer but I cannot get the Pocket DV 3100 to load) Web cam??? Forget that; Don't bother with writing the company via E-MAIL, they won't respond! We have been trying for weeks now and still we are waiting to hear back! We have three different cameras by them and none work as a web cam! Good luck if you purchase this product.