Film-making in the palm of your hand

City A.M. , 16th January, 2008

BILLED as “the world's simplest video camcorder", this lightweight-and yes,

jaw-droppingly easy to use-device is an upgrade of the original Disgo Video , which launched last year.

About the size of the original iPod, the Video Plus runs on two AA batteries and comes with built in memory manager software, which means you don't need to install or download anything before you start using it.

Just get it out of the box, switch it on, shoot your dips and use the built-in USB port to transfer them directly to your PC or Mac, where they're automatically stored into a standard video format ready for emailing or uploading onto the web.

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It really is that simple. There are two quality settings high quality and long play-allowing 30 and 60 minutes of recording time respectively, with up to four hours recording time available with an external memory card.

As you can imagine, the quality isn't quite up to Spielberg standards-in fact, even on the high quality setting it’s only a slight improvement on the kind of footage you get from a high mega-pixel digital camera or even camera phone.

But then, the Video Plus is really designed for use on the web.

Sites like YouTube and Facebook have practically invented the need for technology like this, and in this medium it performs just fine.

There's even a handy 1.5-inch, flip out colour screen, which makes it perfect for filming yourself-so keeping your profile or blog up to date has never been easier.

Another downside is that it doesn't look great. You're not paying for Bang & Olufsen equipment, but the pearl white casing reeks of the teen market when this could be a very useful tool for web users across the age

Spectrum.

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