Product: Che-ez! v:u Digital Movie Imager
Price: $1,680
Pros: Can record movies and sound, takes 2.1 megapixel stills, all in a package that fits in one hand
Cons: No match for dedicated still or movie cameras. Expensive
The Japanese-built Che-ez! v:u digital movie 'imager' is a stab at imitating Panasonic's revolutionary SV-AV-10, which put a digital still and movie camera, audio recorder and MP3 player into one small package.
Much like the Panasonic machine, the Che-ez image falls short in quality for dedicated still or movie cameras. But the redeeming factor is that, while movies are limited to a maximum resolution of 448 x?x336 pixels, the still camera is capable of 2.1 megapixels.
This means that, while the video image from the v:u is rather pixilated, the 1600 x 1200 photos the camera produces are worthy of being made into prints (albeit small ones).
