Flip Video Flip MinoHD

Compression (3.5)
The Pure Digital Flip MinoHD video is compressed with H.264 and outputted as MPEG-4 files. All the standard definition Flips compress using MPEG-4 and output AVI files. Both types of files are easily recognized by nearly all computers, so playing clips back or importing them into your editing software of choice should not be a problem. H.264 is typically considered more space efficient than other types of compression, which should come in hand for data-heavy HD video. On average, the file sizes were approximately three times larger than the standard def files from the original Flip Mino.

There are no quality settings on the Flip MinoHD. All video is recorded at 1280 x 720 at a bitrate of 9Mbs, up from 4Mbps on the older Flips.

Media (3.0)
Video on the Flip MinoHD is recorded directly to 4GB internal flash memory; think of it as a memory card soldered to the circuit board. The capacity has doubled since the standard definition Flips, although the recording times even out in the end. See the table below:

	Recording Time (approx.)
Flip MinoHD (4GB)	60 min
Flip Mino (2GB)	60 min
Flip Ultra (2GB)	60 min
Flip Ultra (1GB)	30 min

Editing (7.0)
Part of what makes all the Flips so popular, and so suited for beginners, is their included software, built right into the camcorder. The first time you connect the USB arm to a computer, you can open the camcorder as you would any other drive. Then select the software icon and you're off and running. Because the software is built in, you can use it on any computer, wherever you go.

Pure Digital has upped the hardware requirements for your computer in order to use the software, but most machines that were purchased in the last few years should suffice (more details here).

Let's walk through the software...

Double-clicking on any clip will open
it up in its own player.

You have very limited editing capabilities,
mostly just trimming clips.

The interface for emailing is quite simple.

This is the interface for creating a movie.
You simply put the clips in your preferred
order and add titles and credits.

Finally, you can upload your clips or finished movies
to these sites, or (without assistance), to any other
video hosting site.