Garmin to offer HD action cameras and compete against GoPro

[PeteD]

Pretty easy to go up against the contour:

http://www.geekwire.com/2013/contour-closes-seattle-hq-surprises-employees-execs-mum-status-gopro-rival/

I liked my gopro so much I made sure to buy it at REI so I could return it when it bricked itself or stopped working right, which for me happened to be at Dutch Corner on Alpe d’Huez.

–Pete

[bluerider]

Hmmmm….. I will have to check this out. In the market for a camera but I haven’t pulled the trigger yet.

[kkentium]

Wow, didn’t hear that about Contour. Pretty surprising.

Here’s a low cost option I’ve been eyeing for a while but haven’t pulled the trigger on. It’s basically a cheaper Chinese clone of the Contour:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=117&cp_id=11704&cs_id=1170401&p_id=10159&seq=1&format=2

[vvill]

Well, it can’t be much worse than the Contour… as a Contour owner I’m not too surprised – it sort of seemed liked a cheap Chinese product to begin with despite the nice looking form factor, marketing and packaging. Lipstick on a pig, so to speak.

I used to buy so much stuff on monoprice until I realized I just don’t need that many cables.

[dasgeh]

We had a Contour, and I thought it was great. Then it was lost on a ride.

Then I bought really cheap ActionShot (or something like that) off of Woot — I think it was $40 for the whole bundle with mounts, etc. It was far from perfect, but it was fine. (I’ve posted a couple videos taken with it). I liked it so much I bought another super cheap Woot deal for a different brand (haven’t even taken that one out of the box yet).

And on vacation, the first cheap camera was lost amongst tall grass in a thankfully-my-nephew-crashed-in-really-tall-grass-and-didn’t-have-a-scratch crash. Husband needed 11 stitches, so we were very thankful the only casualty in nephew’s crash was the camera.

We’ll be sticking with cheap cameras for the foreseeable future.

[fuzzy]

YES YES YES, a camera with GPS that can receive heart rate monitor and all that jazz…. When the price drops another 100-150 bucks I may snatch one up.

Cheap camera are great for when you break & loose, its very true… I like my toys though!

[PotomacCyclist]

Some of the commenters on the CNET article have mentioned the Drift Innovation HD Ghost action camera/camcorder. I had never heard of Drift before. Most of the reviews on Amazon are positive, but there are many reports of short battery life and very slow battery recharging.

http://www.amazon.com/Drift-Innovation-HD-Ghost-Waterproof/dp/B00A48RMKE

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[Nubbs]

I am interested in this because it has a built in screen. I had a GoPro for a while and really liked it but having to add on the display screen just added to the cost. It was still a great camera and I hope the best for this product as I think we need more quality option in the market.

[Mikey]

@dasgeh 61643 wrote:

. . .We’ll be sticking with cheap cameras for the foreseeable future.

Yep, and your kids are just getting to that “wouldn’t it be fun to put this in the Toilet” phase.

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