# Cheap CMOS HD camcorder?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-cmos-hd-camcorder/654378>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 30, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-cmos-hd-camcorder/654378 "2013-03-30T21:11:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-cmos-hd-camcorder/654378/1 "2013-03-30T21:11:24Z")

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Looking for a camera that does HD video (720P is adequate) that uses a CMOS image sensor, as I want to take night videos, and the CCD sensor in my main camera puts vertical streaks whenever there is a light, which is unacceptable. I obviously don’t care about still pictures, at least some optical zoom would be nice.

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-cmos-hd-camcorder/654378/2 "2013-03-31T14:44:59Z")

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One of these where available would seem to be a fit. There are tons on ebay.

[http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Flip-Video-UltraHD-FVU260W-Digital-Camcorder-2-LCD-CMOS-White/5302593/product.html](http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Flip-Video-UltraHD-FVU260W-Digital-Camcorder-2-LCD-CMOS-White/5302593/product.html)

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-cmos-hd-camcorder/654378/3 "2013-03-31T14:47:53Z")

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