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A New Flip Joins the BoomTown Video Family: High-Def Hijinks Ensue!

As you might know from Katherine Boehret’s review of Pure Digital Technologies’ newest Flip today, there is now a high-definition version of the popular digital video camera.

Boehret mostly liked the new $230 Flip MinoHD, noting:

If you’re in the market for a simple camcorder that records high-quality video, the Flip MinoHD is definitely worth $50 more than the regular Flip Mino. But don’t say I didn’t warn you so when you’re bummed out by the screen’s still-small size and its inability to share true HD footage via the FlipShare software.”

Walt Mossberg and I demoed San Francisco-based Pure Digital’s first effort at our third D: All Things Digital in 2005.

And BoomTown has been using some version of the Flip for the column’s videos since the site started almost two years ago to make our jiggly masterpieces about the tech scene.

Thus, here is a video where my old Flips meet the newest digital video recorder in town:

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  • Huh? You use a camera to record those? I thought it was a direct-from-your-optic-nerve synaptic neurotransmitter connection!

    but seriously folks, I'm flipping for that MinoHD. nice! :)
  • I was expecting a Brady Bunch outro. Or at least a Glengarry Glen Ross reference of steak knives.

    I really love the Flip cameras.
  • Kara, I also have a Flip Ultra. It's a brilliant little camcorder.

    BTW, get a mini tripod to avoid the shaking images. I use one from SIMA, and it really helps to stabilize your camera.

    http://www.minitripods.com/Sima_ST-10K.html
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Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference. Read more »

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