Creative Vado HD review

Creative seems to bump up the contrast, saturation and sharpness so the video makes a better first impression, but the Vado HD doesn't adjust exposure quite as quickly as the Mino HD, the white balance is slightly off (for example, fluorescent light ends up with a slightly greenish hue), and you'll see more fringing around brightly lit objects. We also noticed the same slight judder as we did with the Mino HD.

Low-light performance was pretty decent, although we felt the Mino HD had fewer artefacts and performed better. The audio sounds about the same: relatively clean, and, as long as the speaker doesn't mumble, the tiny mic does a creditable job of picking up the sound.

Conclusion
After seeing the results of shooting with each camcorder -- and assessing their feature sets -- we have to say it's pretty much a toss-up between the two similarly priced models. The Creative Vado HD has the edge in features, and maybe design, particularly if you want the larger LCD, while the Mino HD has a slight edge in video quality. It's a tough call.

Additional editing by Nick Hide