Good, but not great, video
925812
The quality of the DVD's are good.  The video is better quality than the videos on the Annenberg web site.  But, the original video was made on 1980's equipment.  It is not HD, but good quality NTSC video.  I watch them on my computer using the VLC media player.  I found that if I set deinterlace to ON, and set the deinterlace mode to BOB I get the best video with a minimum of interlacing (zebra stripes in the video during fast motion).
1023681
Great video detailing the 2013 regular season and playoffs. It doesn't actually cover the superbowl that much. I've actually seen videos on youtube and vimeo that do a better job than this video, though.

The RainCity redemption series are some of those videos on vimeo.
22662
The photography of the insects and other "bug" species is gorgeous, but the commentary captions are often contradictory to the purpose of enhancing kids' interest in creatures like these. For instance, when the mealworms are featured, the word YUCKY comes onto the screen. Or EEEEEEW comes up another time. The video overall features about a dozen creatures, labels them, and a woman discusses and instructs some kids using voiceovers. The woman has a pleasant, calm, and instructive manner, and the kids insert their realistic comments. It's off the cuff and sort of natural sounding. I would suggest the bugs are shown more often near something to show scale, also. Otherwise, it is a gorgeously photoed video that is mostly helpful.
4804103
U2's much maligned PopMart Tour was actually a pretty spectacular piece of entertainment. The concert, the songs and U2 themselves make this a worthwhile video. However, what hurts this video the most is the rather lackluster picture quality. The Mexico City concert was broadcast on Pay-Per-View, and this video is simply a recording of the event (although it was reportedly pieced together from U2's two Mexico City gigs). U2 fans will buy this video no questions asked; casual fans may want to get ZOO TV: Live From Sydney first because of the latter's glorious picture quality.
433142
Summary:
If you want the best video quality, get either a Contour+ ($499, the newest and greatest) or a GoPro HD Hero ($239+++, starting to show its age). Otherwise, nothing comes close to the ContourHD+waterproof casing at $170. You get way more than what you pay for, which is great!

Rest of the review:
While the Contour HD does not have the latest technology or the clearest image, what you get is still pretty decent video image quality. I got rather similar results in the day and at night, but so far I have only been using 720p60 and 720p30 as my recording modes.

Here's a sample of the videos taken at night, in a swimming pool lighted by floodlights:
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The camera is able to accept a 32gb micro SD card but the card indicator light will stay red even though card is empty. This might be a concern for some since you can never know when the card is full without connecting the card to a computer.

The good:
1. The packaging has been redesigned. It is now in a much more shipping friendly box that is very compact.
2. Compatible replaceable batterys, desktop chargers available on Ebay at a discounted price.
3. Above average video omage quality at moments when you normally won't be able to record videos.

The average:
1. Gets quite warm after extended recording.
2. Unable to charge and record without leaving the back cover open.
3. Can only choose between 2 recording modes using the camera.
4. Camera mounts are pretty pricy.
5. Not very compact, especially when used with the waterproof casing.

The bad:
1. Side rails seems weak. I tried removing the helmet mount from the base by following the instructions given, and I almost broke off the side rails from the camera. Ended up using the waterproof casing rails instead.

2. The microphone is rather useless, especially in the waterproof casing. Setting the mic sensitivity to anywhere about 40 will result in lots of noise (the undesirable audio noise, similar to image noise in high ISO shots).

3. No time lapsed photo mode.
341580
As received, the low-light video quality was relatively poor.  After updating the camera software it improved.  The camera is quite easy to use and well designed in most ways.  However, it is a fixed-focus camera.  Therefore, even though it has good depth of field, many of the things you video will be either too close or too far away to be in good focus.  Therefore, the benefits of HD are lost a lot of the time.  Actually, the focus is switchable between normal (mountains symbol) and macro (flower symbol), but the macro position focuses too close up to be useful for filming people.  Autofocus would make this a much better camera.

Sony makes a similar pocket-size camcorder that includes autofocus.  (I saw it demonstrated in a store.)  I recommend that you check it out before buying this camera.
2776860
Item and included parts arrived as described.  Device functions well with a 64GB memory card.  The video is very good for what this is but you should not expect broadcast video.  As long as the scene is well lit, video will be very good but the camera does not do very well to compensate for any light sources in-frame (a lot of blooming around the source and it makes everything else darker and grainier).  I use a Macintosh with the latest OS and had no trouble downloading and using the software from Foscam's website, it is simplistic software but functional.  Captured video files played back just fine in Quicktime 7 Pro and Quicktime Player 10.3 with no tweaking or converting.  I was able to hide the camera sufficiently to watch some property over the course of a few days and am pleased with the results for the price.  This is not a network or connected camera, you cannot view a live feed from it on your computer or smartphone; you need to connect the camera to your computer via USB to configure it and/or download the captured video/audio.  You can also remove the card and connect it to your computer separately if you have a compatible reader.  When connecting the camera to your Macintosh keep in mind that two drive volumes will show up, one is the internal memory of the camera with a settings file and the other is your data card (if there is one currently inside the camera body) and both should be ejected properly before disconnecting the camera.  I had no problem reformatting my ExFAT 64GB card as FAT32 using Apple's Disk Utility.  I was worried when I could not configure the record-time or pre-record-times when using in-frame-motion activation but the resulting files captured what I needed anyhow - it appears to have a few seconds of pre-record and enough post-record to not leave you wondering if you missed something.  Overall, I am pleased with this purchase and will use it in the future for a quick-setup surveillance camera.
952891
great video, as is the first edition that was already out.
I was bummed though as I like to rip my DVDs to watch on my tablet, and this was built with a structure that I'm unable to grab the "Main Movie" as it's a series of shorter "movies" (chapters?) that combine in the structure to form a complete movie.
Not sure how to explain that but picture opening several videos in Media Player. It'll play one after another till they're done, as though it's one continuous movie, but they're still separate videos. downside is they're more the DVD format so I'd have to convert each one individually.
That's all beside the point though, as the DVD does exactly what it's supposed to.  Good quality, and Jim is an excellent teacher/instructor.  No nonsense of "Because it says to", but more practical and necessary information.
2502399
The video quality is quite good - the best I've seen. The subtitles are not so great. There are many misspellings which could have been resolved with some proof reading. There are several places where there are no subtitles for dialogue. In all, it's a rather good release. But the problems in the subtitles detract from it a bit.
2373738
Great video quality.  Does what we need it to do.
1048204
I love the video this camcorder takes. It's crisp and bright and picks up details. I'm having a little bit of of a struggle getting use to using it but that's user error not camera error. My reason for less than four or five stars is the mini tripod is so mini even the extremely lite camcorder doesn't sit on it right and that was one of the selling points for me. My next and truly biggest reason is the poor sound quality of the videos.  You can check out my YouTube channel in the link below and see how the audio is. You can even subscribe to my channel while you're there ;-)
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2581994
5 Stars for Still Photos, 3 Stars for Video
I'm still exploring but here are a few observations: This camera takes great still photos even zoomed-in and hand-held. The photo of the bush was taken from about 30' away. Details are clear and crisp. The indoor photo of the quilt was taken at night from about 10' away, with flash. The second photo of the quilt was taken from the same distance but zoomed in and with the camera steadied on the arm of a sofa. The auto-focus was not green but I took the picture anyway. The third picture of the quilt is a cropped version of the zoomed photo, to show detail. I'm not an expert, but I am amazed at the clarity of this photo.
OTOH, the camera only seems able to take video at 30 fps. Unless I'm mistaken, it doesn't take slow motion video or time-lapse video. My iPhone 4s, which is hopelessly outdated can do both. Also, when you press the video button there is about a one second delay before recording starts, during which time the viewer goes black.
So far, I'd say this is an excellent still camera for the price (5 stars), but it is far weaker when taking video (3 stars).
25273
The size is very good, but the quality of the video is not so good. you have to test it before, to convince you if is enough with the video resolution that the camera gives.
4886551
We have this camera at our work site. It takes fairly good pictures/video. The biggest complaint I have is the same as others here: Finalizing a disc is very unclear, and the format used in VR mode is not very user friendly.
However, thanks to the interwebs, I will tell you how to do these; seeing as Canon can't.

To finalize a DVD, you need to be in "Play" mode and the Camera must be PLUGGED in to an electrical outlet. (Very lame IMHO)

If you want to be able to use your videos, shoot in video mode, not VR. Yes this limits your option to edit the video on your camera, but it makes the discs compatible and easily finalized into a format readable by your DVD player/computer.
1728042
Good but not great. Maybe I need to watch it a 2nd or 3rd time. Some problems with the accent and some of the underwater action. BUT still, a very interesting video film.
1859331
video is not clear and not for professtional user.
Just for fun or see the what is there.
795538
Video Quality was a little suspect, but what can you expect for something this old.