Kodak Playsport

I bought this in June 2011 and have used it loads ever since. It is such a good little video camera, being small, robust, waterproof and easy to use. We had our friends one (which is identical to ours) in the swimming pool with us, that's right, IN the swimming pool, for underwater larking about, no issues with it afterwards.

The buttons are self explanatory and the menus are easy to navigate. It has an SD card slot which means you can change and upgrade its capacity quickly and easily. The battery life is very good (one charge can easily last a couple of months when using for short recordings here and there). It comes with all the leads you will need, including USB lead which plugs directly into the charging plug (for mains or laptop charging) and HDMI lead. The HDMI lead enables you to plug the camera directly into your TV and watch back your videos instantly without having to upload and burn the files to DVD. With the ever declining cost of SD cards, it is almost easier to just label and keep them and watch back via the camera whenever you want. If you do want to upload and edit your videos on a PC, the camera comes with an editing program which is fully capable of doing this. One thing to be aware of though is that your PC needs to have enough processing power to deal with the file sizes. (I had to buy a new laptop to do this)

My only criticisms would be that it does not come with a case and that the supposed HD quality is not as good as I'd expected when shown on a 40" TV. For the price though, I can't really complain. There has been one fault in that after about three months, the battery failed. (I wrote to Kodak and they replaced it free of charge no quibble)

Overall I cannot fault it for the money and recommend it to anyone.