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I just received this camcorder, and i have used it so much since i received it. I have other expensive cameras, but this is so unique. It takes great videos and stills and has so much recording ability. Easy to use., no guesswork. At my job people are amazed how good the pictures come out and the videos. I would recommend this for anyone on the go and wanting the ability to use something so easy.

I was searching for a compact camcorder that used standard batteries instead of the usual rechargeable packs and discovered the RCA and the Flip Video which both use AA batteries. I found a demo Flip unit and thought the picture quality looked surprisingly good, but I really had to repeatedly mash the button to start or stop recording. Too tough for the family to use. So I ordered the RCA and an 8-Gig Micro-SD (memory) card which is unbelievably tiny; about the size of your pinky fingernail. With it I could record more than 4 hours in high quality mode or 16 hours in web quality mode. Amazing and very inexpensive! It powers-up instantly and the record button is easy to push. It also shoots still photos easily. It's simple transferring the files to a computer with it's built-in USB connector. The video files are AVI, so being a Mac family we have to convert them to use with iMovie or iDVD, but that's not a big deal using Quicktime Pro. The only other slight drawback is that the zoom is only about 2 to 1 and noticeably degrades the picture quality. But for it's size, cost and ease of use it's an easy trade-off. We'll shoot a lot more video because it's so quick and fun to have along, and use the bigger cameras for more zoom intensive shoots.

RCA EZ201 Small Wonder 60 Minute Point-and-Shoot Camcorder (White) This product did not work well. There were lines and shadows in the picture. When I tried to put the jack into the product to videotape, the screen went black. I returned the product, after following the directions on the website for return, and obtaining the appropriate papers and return label. Amazon gave me $0.00 credit. They falsified my reason for return. When I emailed Amazon to try to find out why they did not give me my money back, they did not respond. This is the worst product, and if Amazon does not contact me, I am going to have to notify my credit card company to contest the charge. While I enjoy ordering from Amazon, this is the last time I am going to purchase any kind of appliance or electrical product from them. They do not stand behind their product, and do not notify the customer, other than to say they are keeping the return and not refunding or crediting the account. They also do not respond to inquiry. Very poor product and business practices. Maybe this product was one out of many that were defective. However, I'll never know, because Amazon is an unreachable entity.

When I first received the RCA EZ210,could not get it to work properly and thought I would have to return it.However,my nephew came for a visit,he is very good with electronics and fixed the problem for me.Now I have so much fun with my 'baby'camcorder. I take it everywhere with me and am very pleased with its performance.Other relatives and friends are now going to order one.Thanks RCA and Amazon.

the camera looks nice, has a full size seperate SD card and a large viewing screen, and uses AA batteries..all these are pros.

the cons are, the video is very inferior compared to the flip (we bought both the rca ez210, ez205 AND FLIP ULTRA). the ez210 has slightly better video than it's smaller version the ez205...but still is fairly blurry, unable to see deatails the flip has no problem with. e.g. i video-ed a phone book ad and the flip was easily read but both rca's you could not read the printing...colors on the rca are washed out compared to the flip, and the rca does not nearly as well in low light and gets washed out in brighter colors, especially if there is any difference in gradients...my wife's face was washed out when the light from the outside window was on her, not so with the flip.

the rca ez210's video is only slightly better than the ez205. the rca takes a totally different jack connection when hooking to the tv than does the flip, the access to the USB connector on the rca is totally bizzare...you have to remove the carrying handle then push a button and then slide up an arm, which is very very short and not easliy connected to the computer. in doing so it is very easy to loose track of where the carrying handle was put...plus a few times doing this, i think the carrying handle would suffer a break at the plastic ends.

i got the rca for 111 at amazon, but another 20 off using buy later. i got the 1G flip for 50 at dellhome on a special. i feel the flip was far better in a deal and you could buy two of them for what i paid for the rcaez210. i sent the ez205 back as it's video was horrible. i am close to sending the rca ez210 back, but only the bottom line of 91dollars keeps me from doing that...plus the snapshot feature, the sd card and large screen,,,i just can not rate this anymore than 2 stars, and then only because i got a decent price, more money---it is just NOT worth more.