Video in flight was pretty good thats about it
347670
Video in flight was pretty good thats about it. after about 25 feet up or out it would drop out from the remote and fall to the ground. i tried pulling antennas out and still no improvement, fpv came through but flight control distance is very very pour. not worth it.
4622848
While the CGI/special effects was pretty good, story wise it was mediocre. The trailer for the movie was actually more exciting than watching the movie itself.  I rented it on Amazon and I don't regret it, but I expected better.
4141685
I was surprised to discover that this is actually a personal travel video.  When I paid the $20 I was expecting a professionally produced informational video of the Sacred Valley.  Although the viewpoint is interesting, especially the climb to Huayna Picchu which was breathtaking, the "home-made" quality of the video and some of the audio information was disappointing.  The indigenous tribal dances were interesting, but overly long and with little descriptive explanation. Many of the words (Spanish or Quechua) were mispronounced and mis-translated.  I was hoping to use this video for Spanish classes' education, but will have to prep the classes with disclaimers about certain aspects.  If I had known it was home-made (again, although it is a decent home-made video) I probably would not have paid the $20 price.  $10 would have been more reasonable.
2299242
The video quality is actually pretty good - that is if your standing still. I just got back from a trip to Tokyo, Japan and I had this thing on just walking around the city. Well, with no image stabilization on this camera, it was really herky-jerky, think Blair Witch Project. Almost hurts the eyes to watch some of the video, and I was recording with knowledge that this had no image stabilization, so I was concentrating on smooth steps most of the time. If I stood still and just panned around, then video was awesome. The sound is another problem. On many of my videos in Tokyo, the sound would drop in and out like someone kept moving the volume control from 100% down to 20% then back to 100% volume. This usually happened if I was in a crowded street/store with a lot of sound. Quieter areas, I had no sound drop-out.

So, now that Ive gotten passed the negatives. Here are the positives. The video is great for shots were YOU don't move. If your at a sporting event or something. The size is also a bonus. Its the main reason I bought this camera. I didn't want to lug things around with me in Tokyo, and this thing slid comfortably right into my pocket. Start up time is also quick. You can start recording within a couple seconds of pressing the power button. And of course its waterproof. It rained when I was in Japan, but I didn't care. I whipped out this camera and kept on shooting. Battery lasts for about 70 minutes, not bad, but with no option to change to backup batteries, you will have to monitor your power carefully for full day adventures.

Anyways, I think the benefits outway the negatives overall. If your planning on strapping this to your helmet and going mountain biking, you might want to rethink the purchase. For family get-togethers, video blogs, etc its easily worth the money. Plus its so inexpensive right now, I just toss it in a backpack or my back pocket and off I go. Dont need to worry about scratching a $400 smartphone or anything.

EDIT July 2013: This thing is still going strong. Took it fishing this past weekend at a little stream and put the camera underwater and got some nice footage of fish swimming in the stream. Also let a friend borrow it for a trip to Hawaii. Survived the beach and all.

Fun little camera to mess around with!!!
28226
After trying out the drone world with the Sky Viper M200 Nano Drone I decided to give this baby a whirl.  I gotta say I had a fun time and although there are a few warts its not a terrible drone. On the plus side it's easy to fly and it's ok to fly outside.

Taking it out of the box the first thing I noticed was the build quality... marginal at best. The arms that run from the body to the prop assemblies are flimsy and feel cheap for a $100 drone and they certainly don't look like they'll prove durable. After only a few flights the arms started to twist and warp so that at least one propeller wasn't level with the others. The drone was still flyable but it looked pretty strange with a wonky prop spinning at a strange angle. In addition the drone was a chore to trim right which also uses up precious battery life. Even then it never was "quite right" and wants to drift. Camera is nice to include at this price but terrible viewing quality and the frame rate makes it only a novelty at best.  You can fly it outside but don't attempt this unless you have it on expert mode. Otherwise the motors won't be powerful enough to compensate for wind gusts.

It's not bad enough that I'd give it 2 stars but I wouldn't recommend this quad to anybody. As I mentioned in my M200 review the Hubsan X4 is where it's at. The Hubsan is smaller but that means its much more fun to fly inside than the Sky Viper and despite the smaller size the Hubsan is BETTER at flying outside due to its ample horsepower.  Did I mention the Hubsan is less expensive?  If you simply must have a camera in a cheap quad then they make a camera version of the Hubsan as well.

 It's not a terrible choice and you could certainly do worse.
689764
I appreciated the realness of the video, but the audio was in and out and left something to be desired.
2217040
Let me start my review with a few facts. Planes is the first installment of DisneyToon Studios (not Pixars) planned trilogy. The action comedy animation was originally to be released as a direct-to-video, but was theatrically released in 2013 worldwide.

Well, in short, the studio has expanded the universe of Cars and made a film about talking airplanes. The simple story is about Dusty Crophopper, a crop duster afraid of heights, who is dreaming of winning a prestigious around-the-world flying race.

The story is predictable and characters clichd, but the flying sequences are dynamic and visually appealing, though not the best of its kind. The film has a few thrilling action set-pieces that could have been much better with more time and details (or budget). The entire film feels rushed and by the numbers.

Planes is a decent animation film, but if you are looking for originality, you should try elsewhere.
1104819
Popcorn reading. Much like most movies these days. It was a Decent way to pass a flight. All in all it wasn't terrible.
863091
I liked it, but my wife fell asleep.  It's mostly just beautiful scenery of the west, taken from gliders.  As a glider pilot I would have liked it better if they showed a little more of the actual gliders, and the pilots.  DJK
2311954
Personally, if you want a video for $180, (the prices listed to buy this), you are out of your mind. I bought mine from [...] for [...]. However, this video is great if you don't know much about the plane itself. It demonstrates VERY briefly how the pilots prepared for the flight. Very little of the film is actually in the cockpit, which in my mind of being a pilot, is the neatest part. I really don't care much about what the passengers are doing and they show a good part of the movie in the passenger area. The video has a part in it where it shows a short history of Chuck Yeager and the Bell 1 and breaking the sound barrier. It is a neat little piece as they went through so much, and then they show Concorde doing it with ease. If you want to know HOW they really flew the Concorde, cockpit wise, probably not your movie.
1908264
and in this case,not much. The video is good,but it's ruined by the atrocious audio. The only way I made use of the videos were to run it through a converter and remove the audio. It takes great stills,so what,I've got cameras. So it goes,I'm not out much,,I did like the ability to link it to my phone,but that software was kind of spazzy,didn't always work as it ought to.
3140642
If you know about most of these planes already, the mainstays of the US military, then this is great. There is no commentary so for those looking for an informative DVD set this is not it. It is just 7.5 hours of footage (good footage!) of these planes and helicopters flying around, landing, and taking off. For someone like myself who knows a decent amount already, i'm okay without the commentary...but it would be frustrating for those who want to know what they're looking at. With 5 discs and 7.5 hours, for 10-15 bucks its a pretty good deal.
2326368
My issue is with the video quality during the last 30 minutes of the stream.
There were scenes with anywhere from  50% to 95% of the picture completely crushed out.
Really disappointing.
585201
out of all of the parts of this DVD I liked about half of it. I am a fan of Anime, but some of this was like the worst of anime. It was hard to find a coherent story in most of them, and some of the visuals were erratic. Final flight of the osiris was Beautifully rendered CGI, making me sad that there won't be another Square feature, whereas world record made no sense and could've been easily omitted to bring up the average score.
I know some people out there will find virtues in all of these episodes, but I stick to a score of 3 meets expectations.
3226817
3D is good and really helped me enjoy the movie better, but it's still a pretty mediocre movie to me.  Great aereial sequences, but sometimes confusing who's who in which plane, etc.  Some of the Blu-ray was quite grainy; other parts were just fine.
4226588
the glitchy playback about midway through the movie was annoying. maybe it was my FIOS service (15/5 connection, saturday night, no one else online) maybe it was Amazon. I'll probably never know. What I know is it sucked to sit there watching momentarily frozen scenes and then waiting as the video reloaded.

Apart from that, it had its funny parts and a well-heeded warning about the role of money in politics but ultimately just an average comedy.
4075825
Its okay, video looks good in the cam-recorder's screen, But, while seeing in the computer, it is okay, not very good. Picture quality is also pretty ordinary.