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[@HughMungoose]

It's amazing that whenever a UFO appears the only person around with a camera happens to be the guy who bought one of these.

[@bigclivedotcom]

For the cost it was actually pretty good. I bet that part of the video uploaded really fast.

[@KevinSolway]

They could advertise it as "Lightning fast uploads".

[@Mmouse_]

If you buy a camera for $7 you're not expecting quality... I'm amazed it even works for that price... in fact, I'm kinda impressed.

[@ThereWasNoFreeName]

+Max Mouse (Mmouse) $7 camera. You can do crappy photos AND videos. 7 FREAKING BUCKS! Imagine this stuff like some 15-20 years ago with that quality for same price! I bet that would be so popular, KZbin will be born few years earlier thanks to it.

[@rcflight13]

+Max Mouse (Mmouse) There are much better cameras for $7 SHIPPED (DVK 808 range, they make a 1080p variant for $12). This camera costs $30 shipped to most countries.

[@peterpeter5506]

+Max Mouse (Mmouse) Whoever designed and made it, they did a good job.

[@Supermanohman]

+Max Mouse (Mmouse) it's still useless junk. You still wasted your money buying one of these because you can barely use it and if you saved $50 more you could get a used point and shoot that is leaps and bounds better than this. You're wasting more money buying something cheap like this than buying a quality camera that's more expensive.

[@Mmouse_]

Vic Vinegar​ the point is this... If you buy a $7 camera, what are you expectations? You're not expecting 4k hd filming are you... It's $7. Yes people could save some money and buy a better one.. But the fact still remains this thing works, it's horrific but it does what it says on the tin... For $7. I'm amazed it does what it does for that price.

[@jonhdoe1395]

The Chinese managed to make this camera and retail it for $7 and instead of talking about how amazing and unbelievable this is, Dave is constantly moaning and repeating a thousand times "the worlds shittiest camera". Ok.

[@CristiNeagu]

Sorry to say this, but this "shitty" camcorder has much better quality than half the videos posted on KZbin.

[@MysteriousFuture]

In which many of the videos you mentioned were at least published before 2010 and KZbin didn't support uploading videos higher than VGA resolution.

[@CristiNeagu]

Mysterious Future We still get plenty of those, either because of crappy, cheap cameras and phones or because of bad video compression.

[@jellybean1234-xxx]

true you awsome

[@erikev]

I do hardware design, and I do not understand why you think this is such a bad design. I actually am impressed by the ability to design decent system for less then $10. Show me anything you have designed that is mass manufactured so we can compare against your abilities.

[@peiyuexu7349]

cannot agree more.

[@RamtroStudios]

HOLY SHIT THAT'S MY CAMERA. No joke, I used to use that exact same model. My dad found it on the side of the road. It's a zombie camera, too. Once, I dropped it into water, killing it, but after a duration of about half a year, it came back to life.

[@JovenAlbarida]

that's freaking good story dude

[@TheDarkFalcon]

+RamtroStudios why the fuck would you keep that piece of shit for half a year, let alone when its not even working.

[@LambOfLucifer]

There is literally nothing wrong with this camera if you look from a different perspective. My 5 year old would love to wonder around outside filming things with it, and as its cheaper than a pack of beers, I would happily let him...with no worry about damaging or breaking it. Anyone who is serious about filming would never entertain buying this anyways, so as a childrens "toy" or even a novelty item, it totally gets the job done. No disrespect to Dave at all!!! but, I cant understand this snobby attitude to electronics these days. I used to play my master system on an 8inch black and white tv when I was young. I used to make DISMAL copies of VHS tapes from rental stores and watch movies in dire quality on the worst CRT tv's known to man. On the flip side, my youngest brother who is 11 years younger than me wont even entertain watching a movie unless it is highest quality available. I guess my generation expected and accepted the worst, and hoped for the best.... this generation today just demand the best.

[@mzflighter6905]

You're right ! People today are accustomed to High(end, quality). IMO that camera is very good for its price !

[@ninjablox7264]

Still you can get a better quality camera for a little bit more.

[@LambOfLucifer]

ninjablox Isnt that always the case? Spen 5 bucks and you get a shitty cam, spend 10 more for a slightly better cam, spend a thousand and you get a better cam.... goes on and on and on. The point I originally made is not an insult to what Dave is saying, he is basically saying the camera is just total shit in terms of quality, and build etc. But I say, everything has some sort of use, and just as an example, a child would be very happy to mess about with that cam.

[@JimGiant]

Yeah I remember taking my mega drive to a friend's house with a tiny b&w screen. Didn't bother me in the slightest, we were just happy to play the game. Remember the gameboy camera? 4 colours @ 256×224

[@LambOfLucifer]

Jim Giant Dave has a video on gameboy cam i think. But yes, old tech is special to me, kids today dont know what its like to tape your songs off the radio, record videos on tv with betamax and vhs, watching small ass square black and white tv's, changing speeds on record players for different vinyl sizes, saving files to floppy discs, playing teletext games on tv.... and no I am not ranting at people who cant help being younger, but it does frustrate me when people write off older tech or lesser quality tech as junk, when shit like that was everything to me and even now some of those things are useful.

[@NickD1989]

For $7.50 I'd give it a 5-star...infact, I intend to buy one for my niece who is turning 10. Thanks Dave!

[@oldjohnsarchive]

Poor niece!

[@RoycePipkins]

I agree. This is a toy.

[@cronos51101]

Fair enough... less than $10 for a children's toy portable video camera isn't a bad deal.

[@leosedf]

***** Relax! The world has used millions of devices with lead. What are the kids going to do? Eat it?

[@Visuwyg]

Why do you hate so much on this poor little thing, but appreciate weird 50 year old multimeters like some kind of technological wonder? :) For $7.50 you can get an awesome toy for your kids!

[@zsin128]

But not awesome camera for anyone else tho

[@punkyagogo]

@@zsin128 This camera is awesome if you’re trying to do a retro late-90s/early-00s look or a found footage film.

[@netii126]

I think the point is that this kind of stuff is a waste of resources. 90% of all people buying such stuff of AliExpress, Wish etc. will be disappointed and it will end up as e-waste after using it once or twice.

[@freezingthedarkness]

I think this video should be titled: best thing that $7 can buy. For that money i'm impressed about effort to build a camcorder that works. Actually that is the retail price. Building it must cost less than $3. It's stunning what you can buy in China with a few bucks. About quality, you'll expect to find some Nikkor lens or Cree led flash inside a camera that costs less than a meal at McDonalds?

[@bobbylee2985]

For 7$ you pay for what you get, but i am impressed that it worked

[@bobbylee2985]

And it's better than a disposable camera

[@PixiBoii]

Still not bad for $7,5

[@qwerty12300000660]

+Hjalte RMC its still good for a kid hahaha

[@aintgotnobody5518]

+Andre Verspoor its so bad its bad for 5 year olds

[@bigwolfoncamous7730]

+Hjalte RMC yeah if you film out side the video is not half bad this video hes acting like the camera cost 100+ dollars

[@dmtd2388]

+Hjalte RMC if they gave me 100 pieces of that shit free i would burn them for fun and make a video of them in 4k

[@dextertreehorn]

You get: - a batteryholder - a color display - a ccd - a micro Summarize what you pay for the same stuff at your local dealer or amazon. The - _"uhhhh, look how bad this shit is"_ - reviewing -- _"aaaaaah, the dildo in my ass is soooooo nice"_ - dude with the voice of an eunuch is annoying like hell.

[@Stabby666]

I think Dave was a little unfair here. Sure it's not a great camcorder, but the amount of design, tech and packaging in there for $7.50 (as Dave said, less than the cost of his screwdriver) is damned impressive. It'd be fine to give to your kids on holiday or something. After the holiday you could also use it for parts in personal projects (colour LCD, RAM, ports etc maybe)

[@BenjaminMaggi]

It's all about the price, If it costed 30 something you would think it would be a nice fit for a quadcopter cam vision or whatever, but at 7.50 it's not even an option ! the go pro isn't that impressive either it's all about the consumer perception nowdays !

[@VintageSG]

Or Arduino remote vehicle recording. Perception is everything. That is a genius bargain.

[@R33Racer]

Is it just me, or does anyone else think the guy's being a bit unfair? For $7 AUS the quality (internally and picture result atleast) isn't freakin' bad at all! If you want a camera you didn't care about taking it to places you don't want to take your expensice Canon or Nikon, this is alright I think. I know theres ALOT worse than this on the net, hell it's better than alot of webcams costing 5 times more...

[@LawrenceDuffy477]

True 7 bucks, great deal, for the crap it is. I have always wondered at the price per production. 10 cent more and 20% better quality. TV commercials blast you out, can't hear the program. A simply compare loop. Noise gate. Op amp or IC. Close caption that is OVER PEOPLES FACES. Really?? A simple IC (FPGA if needed) would solve all these problem and would be pennies over the production run. Plus an CPLD we could up grade without designing new boards. Just don't get it. Or better yet just do 90% of the whole thing on Xilinx chip.

[@yamill36]

I agree, also bare in mind that a product such as this has a market in other parts of the world where 7 US dollars is a significant amount of money, almost an investment. For a person earning 1 US dollar per day, maybe a Canon is not an option for leisure or recreational purposes.

[@redtails]

R33Racer you'll still be pretty disappointed by the purchase. Between not having a camera at all, and an excuse for a camera like this one, Dave argues it's better to not have one at all

[@elliottg7192]

and $44 on another website...

[@FlameSoulis]

For the $7 you spend, it's very impressive. For a user, it's what you get. For a hobbiest, this is a god send. Camera Module, tiny TFT screen, a USB Handler, SD card mount, AND an AV out to boot? That's a lot of parts to make use of.

[@stumbling]

Some people commenting on here about Dave's "bad attitude" seem to have forgotten what this channel is about. This is not a product review channel, or a shopping channel. Dave is not here to give you gift ideas for your kid's birthdays. He is here to talk about electronics; tear-downs are a way of learning how things are made and seeing what sort of quality different things are built to. Dave is ultra-critical because this thing is a cheap piece of crap, built with the cheapest components and casing, yet he is actually pleasantly surprised at the build quality (which the moaners seem to have ignored). The retail price is completely irrelevant for the purposes of Teardown Tuesdays.

[@stumbling]

Joven Albarida How am I a "weirdo"? What I said was perfectly rational and intelligible. I think you have some problems communicating with other humans.

[@zbigniewnowak5602]

+FuckYouGooglePlus he trying to lives from gifts send him from around the Globe. But he is really pain in the arse. He think, he performing in CIRCUS as CLOWN. And he is right!!!!!! LOL.

[@adamfuller1189]

+FuckYouGooglePlus Has anyone in the history of the internet ever gotten _more_ views by being soft spoken and polite as opposed to being sarcastic and critical?

[@finditandfixit2081]

+CowLunch Some people are just hater period. All they do is bitch worst then women.

[@jonathanmadison12]

This camera doesn't seem so bad for 8 bucks, at least in regards to video and audio quality... I don't understand.

[@snorman1911]

Value vs quality.

[@prizedcoffeecup]

This camera is not as shitty as you think...I have a 3rd party clone of this camera that actually caught fire when I turned it on.

[@SONOFAZOMBIE2025]

lol. this cam already used fake chips. how sad that there is clones of fakes. lol

[@prizedcoffeecup]

Why did anyone even bother to come back to the video nevermind? Lawl

[@CodfishCatfish]

Except these camcorders SAVE LIVES. I knew a guy that installed 2 of these in his mothers room at a care-home for the elderly after seeing unexplained bruises on his mother. After a few weeks of not much, one day a nurse came in and started pulling the guys mother about and hurting her. He obviously went nuts at the care-home. The best £7 ever spent..(although I am sure he spent more than that). Why knock them....better than nothing at all. And he got his Mother into a decent care-home for the elderly.

[@gamerpaddy]

why so much hate dave? not everyone has 100s of dollars for stuff like this. perfect for developing countries

[@gamerpaddy]

most of the smartphones in 100-200$ range has the same quality camera lol example: samsung galaxy tab p1000

[@nightmarecuiture]

Because it's hilarious?

[@redtails]

gamerpaddy Phones in the order 100-200$ have optical stabilisation, autofocus, 8MP sensor and 720p filming. Look at any random low-end lumia phone.

[@EEVblog]

I called it exactly like it is. The camera is crap, the internals are fine. I made no comment on the value for money

[@redtails]

EEVblog I think it was a pretty funny video (with still plenty educational value), keep on doing what you do and we'll love you!

[@oktny]

Dave must've had a really bad day when shooting this one...

[@willybilly99]

oktny i would have heart attack listening to his opinion if this camera manufacturer was own by me

[@charlienocode9936]

not everyone are as fortunate as you are! The reason for cheap products to exist till this day, is because many people still lives in sub-standard compares to your living style. Yes, i do agree that 640 x 480 is a very low resolution for HD Display units like LCD or Plasma, but what if you are living in a trailer with a CRT TV? are they forced to spend hundreds or thoursands of dollars in order to have their memories stored in some form of media? I live and work in Shenzhen, maybe you should come and visit this place, this place is magical, because we have all sorts of prodocts or components for all walks of life! And for the poorer people, i like to say "just because you are poor, it doesn't mean that you can't have what everyone else have, poorer people just have to made do with lower quality thats all but not without!"

[@freespuddy]

I agree with you Charlie.

[@RandyDarkshade2]

It's actually ideal to give to kids to play with, it's cheap and it works. You wouldn't want to give kids your expensive cameras to play with which would likely get broken. That is the only use I can think of for it anyway.

[@randacnam7321]

It would also be good for things where it would likely be smashed/zapped/blown up in use and where you would not want to use a good camera for obvious reasons.

[@crazzzik]

It is perfect for DIY. For 7.5$ you get (add cheap to each item): a (cheap) webcam, a security camera, a card reader and potentially hackable TFT screen. Can't complain there.

[@Fireball_Roberts]

Could you possibly over-act any more? This thing is awesome! There are so many uses for cheap cameras like this. Edit: I've gotten time to see EEVblog a bit more, his bit about solar roadways was genius. This guy is AWESOME.

[@paratrooper95]

I honestly can't think of many uses... unless you are referring to hardware hacks

[@blastingoff]

***** and you're the one complaining... good fucking logic

[@Fireball_Roberts]

paratrooper95 I have a small one like this that I've taken snowboarding, taken it on a military raft, mounted on an rc car, even put it in a zip lock bag and recorded underwater. I have another cheap one($20) with nightvision that supports looped recording which I hardwired to my car's electrical system and is a cheap alternative to a dash cam. Its worked for 100s of hours and probably has the same components that this one does.

[@paratrooper95]

kossxf hmm, interesting stuff. I wasnt aware that you could buy a night vision cam for such a cheap price. does it use IR led lamps? that could be a nice little camera for a homebrew surveillance system. Assuming its hardware can be manipulated in such a way.

[@Fireball_Roberts]

paratrooper95 Yes it uses IR leds. You can find them cheap on ebay.

[@Leo-pd8ww]

The comedy indeed went over my head. I thought Dave just turns into a premium snobbist when it comes to camera equipment.

[@JuanHerrero]

+flopski Or any sort of equipment to be more precise.

[@Leo-pd8ww]

***** Impulsive buyer maybe.

[@Leo-pd8ww]

***** I'm sure that's a good point. But you can or could have returned it. Also you could have checked before buying it. USB charging isn't a minor detail I think. You expect a good product when you invest $500. I expect somebody to do at least a little research before dishing out $500. Read some reviews for example.

[@yoppindia]

flopski company refused to pay for unboxing!

[@ZoomtronicBlogspot]

So what have You expected for $7.50? DV HD space shuttle? It is perfect for that money!

[@ZoomtronicBlogspot]

Dave, try to build camcorder with same specs I will give You 10$ to do that :)

[@kennethflorek8532]

The video from the world's worst camcorder resembles the transmissions that we got from NASA back during the Gemini and Apollo space missions, for a trifle over $7.50. In 2014, the reviewer can't tolerate the results even for $7.50. Things have come a long way. Considering what's inside the thing, it probably would have looked a lot better if it only had a lens that was in focus.

[@andresdominguez9333]

This camera is in fact much better than the one of the Apollo missions. That was a tube camera that was killed if pointed to the sun. But I don't think that this little camera would survive in the moon without a protective hermetic cover, and the electronics more sensitive to cosmic rays.

[@iliasasdf]

7 dollars?! I think it's well worth 7 dollars.

[@Delboy666]

You get what you pay for so whats the problem?

[@chelseafrancis2028]

Hey

[@dextertreehorn]

Absolutly the same with this video itself. Think about ;)

[@power-max]

You can get those key fob 720p cameras for the same price, and they fit in your pocket nicely, add a small $15 composite screen and it will do everything you need it to do for less than $40 altogether. I have the mobius camera which costs roughly twice as much but is an order of magnitude better.

[@frankw8876]

I'll buy that for $15, to play around with and the educational value in analysing the the circuits is well worth it. Haven't done any electronics in decades.

[@Delboy666]

I sometimes buy rediculously cheap stuff from banggood.com (Chinese site?) for the fun of it. I never expect anything great but am often pleasantly surprised. I don't expect so I don't complain.

[@juansierra9735]

You know, for 8$, that is amazing. Young me ten years ago, when the best I could hope for was a digital blue, would have killed for that. It uses regular batteries, has SD card, it's small, and dirt cheap. I don't think anyone would ever try to claim this is an alternative for studio recording, so saying this is a shit camera compared to a more recent 1000$+ camera is not really fair at all.

[@EEVblog]

It is shit regardless of what other camera you compare it too. It wasn't a comparison or review, it was a teardown.

[@Dennan]

true, but there is beauty of making something as cheap in production as one can, not that i would ever buy low budget stuff, but i can still find beauty in tech where the maker has tried to cut corners on every single componet to make the price lower for mass production.

[@Debraj1978]

I feel, the camera is quite a decent and value for the money paid for. I can use them as cheap dash board camera for my car, or fix them on toy helicopter to make a video. Definitely, not "shitiest".

[@yeahorightbro]

Wow. $7. A small McDonalds meal costs about the same, but my cheeseburger cant take photos or record videos. Relax mate.

[@vinnieboombatzmd3508]

I was just thinking- take this POS and send it in a time machine back to 1985 and it would be the most amazing thing anyone had ever seen. Back then a consumer grade video camera was basically a VHS VCR with an analog video camera attached. You had to prop it up on your shoulder because it weighed about 15 pounds.

[@sargetech]

You're a bit too whiny on this one mate. give it to the youngster!

[@GoldSrc_]

Dude, Dave knows products like this have a place, but he is an engineer if a product is crap he will tell you.

[@SanyaTheNightWitch69420]

Gordon Freeman its fucking 7 Bucks. its not suppose to be HIGH quality. its for fucking kids usually and shit

[@GoldSrc_]

Sanya Bennett I know its price, and I know it has it place, I mean, people buy those all the time. But that doesn't mean is not crap. I use crap stuff, I know it's crap, but it gets the job done for what I need, I'm not going to defend crap stuff though.

[@BenjaminGoose]

Sanya Bennett "it's for fucking kids" be careful with those words there...

[@SanyaTheNightWitch69420]

BenjaminGoose yeah child porn is a big industry

[@epollinger1]

It's $7 - give them more credit dude. It works, has macro and better than expected build quality.

[@Vortecks]

I get the impression you think it's shit? :-)

[@zerolabs]

Come on, man. Don't hold back. TELL US HOW YOU REALLY FEEL! ROFLMAO!

[@zerolabs]

Here's my own Dave Jones impression. Enjoy. #375 Review POS 10 port USB hub!

[@SianaGearz]

This is OBVIOUSLY not a camcorder SoC! It's a digital still camera SoC with rudimentary video function. Thus one of the reasons for shitty video quality. They basically have to skip most of the image lines to get a readout fast enough for video. It could do more decent DV, if paired with a lower resolution sensor. The designation on the image sensor boad, starting with OV-, perhaps designed for an Omnivision chip? Then of course no way the camera is 3MP, rathermore 2MP. So what's up with the sensor? It could have been "cooked" during reflow, those things are sensitive. Or it could be a replacement type by gcoreinc, and cooked too, because why not. It's not all that tiny by the way, it's reasonably sized. What if it isn't cooked, then it should perform quite nicely with a more sensible lens... on stills, not on videos. The lens is anti-reflection treated! Could have been worse. Then again, i'm not going to argue the merits of a properly coated pinhole. I think the almost-sensible overall design comes from adapting this from another system, perhaps a reasonably usable DSC, or downscaling from a camcorder which had a better lens assembly.

[@w2aew]

Hah! They mis-spelled "MIAN" board!!

[@gotDesign]

damn, the circuit board design and electronic components look more complex than the GoPro... they just needed a better software and a better sensor + a better image processor, and this camera wound have cost easy over 75 buck

[@josh6715]

Same here

[@CariagaXIII]

favorite camera for recording aliens at night

[@gaptoofgranny]

Pretty good manual, SD quality and a 32mb flash memory chip; Samsung no less, in a 7 dollar package. not a half bad price/performance combo.

[@SJoelKatz]

I think you mean 32Mb.

[@gaptoofgranny]

No, I mean 32mb.

[@SJoelKatz]

millibits?!

[@gaptoofgranny]

no. megabytes. are you trolling?

[@artineogda]

***** I think, they not think

[@miiiikku]

Imagine if you could had gotten camcorders for $7.5 in the 90s.

[@jusb1066]

yep, this takes pics as good as the average vhs camcorder from the early 90s at least, and back then 1000 didnt buy you one. this has a market for giving to kids or for a project where it might get destroyed, if there wasnt a market, they wouldnt make it in the first place, even dave couldnt complain at the circuit layout or build, its better than a certain extech multimeter he once reviewed for sure

[@mbaker335]

Currently this costs between 111AUD and 67AUD on ebay. Between 29 and 75AUD on Amazon. Not good for those prices. However it is great value at 7.5AUD. The quality is price appropriate. The ranting comes accross very badly. Complaining that a 7.50AUD camera does not give Go Pro performance is not impressive.. The first EEVBlog that I have voted down and really thinks it deserves it.Please pull it.

[@MetalHermit83]

you have a link to this, a cheap camera like this may be crappy but it still has its use at the price point.

[@OhFishyFish]

***** Use for it being throwing at stray dogs pooping on your lawn?

[@cny02253]

Bit of a loss of perspective here. Maybe Dave forgot to take his Ritalin.

[@EEVblog]

I deliberately didn't include perspective into the video. People forgot to take their comedy pill.

[@ahumanbeingamnayplaceholde1746]

@@EEVblog true But still, good for its price

[@yoppindia]

show some respect to the engineer, he seems to have the job well for the price it was targeted for!

[@AidanPinsent]

Yeah, there are plenty of worse camcorders out there. It's bad ...but worlds worst?! Most security camera footage makes that look good. Worst camcorder review overstatement in the world ...you've got my vote on that!

[@MDOOMBot]

0:51 The quality is so retro. I actually really like it.

[@ahumanbeingamnayplaceholde1746]

A E S T H E T I C

[@jonskunator]

I think engineering to a low price point is an interesting challenge. I would love to be part of some kind of project like that.

[@iamjimgroth]

I like building things as cheaply as possible. It's both a fun challenge and necessary as a poor hobbyist. ;)

[@tubical71]

I was, some years ago, it was *no fun* at all....

[@excavatoree]

Go work in the school bus industry. Every penny of parts cost is scrutinized. If there was a problem, we had to fix it without spending a dime more. We bought the cheapest of everything. Production would complain because the stuff was crap and didn't work. "What kind of engineer are you? You can't even find us a 'whatever' to buy that works? You worthless turd. " Management's opinion was that it should be cheaper. "What kind of engineer are you? You want to replace the 'whatever' with one that costs 2 dollars more? You worthless turd."

[@iamjimgroth]

excavatoree Being part of a project (or doing something on your own) that has a very low price ceiling is far from the same thing as working under a disgusting employer.

[@mdesm2005]

Dave, if you ask people to vote for a tear down, and then you agree to do it, then just do it. Don't say "shit" every 10 seconds. If you don't want to do it, then don't do it. I think this is the first time I can find something to criticize you on. Keep up the good work. I mean it.

[@EEVblog]

People wanted a teardown of the worlds shittiest camcorder, they even suggested the title, they got what they asked for. Apart from when I praised the internals, the camera IS pretty shit. The price does not save it from being shit, it just becomes really good value cheap shit.

[@mdesm2005]

EEVblog Fine. The important thing is that I love your work. I'm impressed with your courage, knowledge and work ethic.

[@isaacbushnell2663]

+EEVblog oh shit

[@anonamouse5917]

Factoring in the price, it's an impressive little unit.

[@SSCell911]

Your review is as if the camcorder was expensive. It's $7.50. That's a great deal.

[@SirJamesIGamerfuzion]

that looks nice for a $7 camera and best of all, all you need is 3 batteries I have having to run out of power on a standard camera and have to wait for it to charge plus I seen worse on old cell phones of you think this is a shitty camera lol

[@shoopypit4884]

right but old cell phones are multifunctional. all this does is take pictures and videos

[@adrienperie6119]

Batteries are better for you than a rechargeable lithium battery ? Do you live in Africa or Alaska ?

[@Ra000leo]

I would say it is amazing, $7 for a camera? that has more that 1pixel and even record sound? batteries for my flashlight cost more. I am amazed how they made this so cheap and still funtional.

[@PharaohFluidity]

That thing would have been $1000 in the 90's..

[@charlylabs]

15:15 HAHAHAHA "Yes, the world's shittiest camcorder... has balls" xD

[@foreverjjun]

Free or $7 dollars.... What can we expect?? LOL

[@Zestence]

For what it costs it's not shit enough to get worked up over. It's a low cost camera you could buy for a kid and it'd do the job. Obviously a 7 dollar camera is not going to meet the needs of a regular user. My biggest complaint (again, considering how dirt cheap this camera is) is the extremely tinny microphone. Honestly if I got one of these things for free I'd find SOME use for it. Like in situation where the camera may get severely damaged and I don't want to risk anything of actual value.

[@100SteveB]

For $7.50 that must be the worlds best value camcorder. Ideal for your kids to play with, blimey, a cheap plastic kids one costs 4 times the price of that thing.

Im trying to find where I can buy this for 7$, but I am failing. Could be nice for my 2 yo.

[@AngstFisch]

7 dollars? I think you get what you pay for

[@windoes98se]

for 7$ that is astonishing quality. now if you payed 90$, yes it is total crap.

[@ubphoto]

You really pissed me off with this review. Instead of marveling that they can produce a device with a lens, several processing chips, an LCD display and a multitude of SMD components for under $10, you go and disrespect the people and technology that accomplished this marvel of modern technology, design, engineering, production and ingenuity. For your $7.50, it even included a manual and a box! It's not a matter of "you get what you pay for", it is more like "what a wonderful world we live in" when you can get such a marvel for a miserly $7.50!!!! Get some perspective and enjoy life! It's friggin $7.50 for a camcorder! Be proud! That is a reason to be amazed and celebrate, not a reason to call it "the worlds shittiest camcorder:". Be positive, and marvel at what can be done!

[@adrienperie6119]

worth 7$ for sure, nowhere will you be able to get that good of an lcd screen alone for 7 buck

[@adrienperie6119]

***** It's worth 7$ for the spare parts. My phone has a better camera than this.

[@enzyme20056]

Ive had worse cameras than this

[@tty23]

enzyme20056 that costed a lot more..

[@filmsbyjamie]

+powerChriZ apetek

[@OhFishyFish]

+enzyme20056 In 1997.

[@TorutheRedFox]

+enzyme20056 Yeah. *cough*GameBoy Camera*cough*

[@TorutheRedFox]

***** Yeah I know. It isnt real though.

[@DavidTaylorM]

I'm sending Dave some Valium for his next mailbag!

[@xyloeye]

I think we should use midazolam IV - and a lot of it!

[@dannybeckett01]

i'm actually impressed by this little camera. it's functional, clearly usable, designed rather well and for a RIDICULOUSLY low price. dave gave it much to hard of a time

[@RandomGermanBrit]

Did I just hear a facepalm in the background? :D

[@EEVblog]

That would have a been a facepalm, yes.

[@RandomGermanBrit]

#AussieFacepalmForTheWin :D

[@untrust2033]

10:15 chip missing in lower left lol. I'm surprised you can even get this (working!) For £7.50! The parts alone are great!

[@theinsanityunleashed]

I don't understand the outrage. Compared to Dave's $1000 camera, for $7 I think it takes pretty amazing video. Its obviously aimed at kids or someone looking for a camera that they plan to destroy. Nobody in their right mind would expect great video quality from a $7 camera.

[@CommodoreFan64]

True that, and I'm thinking if you could hack these little things, and attach a constant power source, and using something like a old spare laptop with some recording software, you could setup a cheap security camera for your front door.

[@christophermurphy408]

Yep I agree im interested to see how they make anything that records video and sound for $7 dollars and tbh I thought it would have taken worse video then that.

[@JMMC1005]

I am more amazed at how good it is for the price, rather than how terrible it is compared to a 'real' camera. I mean, it's seven bucks! And it actually works! That alone is absolutely astounding.

[@starpuss]

Back 5-10 years ago that would be nice for a cheap junk cam

[@TheDutyPaid]

But, just think how much it would have cost back then?

[@starpuss]

I know , I paid like 150 for one like that in 2007 And it Sucked!!

[@TheDutyPaid]

The way tech goes, in another 10 years we be binning cameras which can only do 4K

[@mushroomsamba82]

friggin rights!

[@Aussie50]

lol, 10 years ago I was using a worse one than that!, its not shit, its just outdated, and aimed at kids.

[@DanieleGiorgino]

It says a lot about how humanity's progressed when all of that circuitry and especially the sensor die, which is made using FREAKING LIGHT, costs less than lunch and can be thrown away without care.

[@CalcProgrammer1]

Honestly I'm quite impressed. For the price it's not bad at all. Back in the early 2000's when I was still in middle school my friends and I got a kids' camera called the Digital Blue Movie Creator which was a crappy fixed focus lens, cheap optical "viewfinder", and 320x240 sensor that did poorly compressed JPEGs and maybe 5-10 fps "video". It didn't have a color display or a speaker to play back the video with, only a piezo buzzer and a monochrome LCD to show how much of its tiny internal memory was left. It also required custom software to use. We had tons of fun with it regardless and it cost like $50+. This piece of crap blows it away in every single viable way and costs less than a fifth of what that thing cost. Comparing it that way, I'm definitely impressed. I wouldn't use it today for normal stuff but I would give it to kids or use it in situations I wouldn't want to risk using a good camera.

[@LPFthings]

Had to check my quality settings on KZbin, thought it had auto-set itself back to 240p.

[@ComputerLearning0]

Bear in mind this is merely something you give to children to play with. Even this guy was impressed at the circuit board build quality, and although the plastics and device build-quality was cheap, that's what you get with something that is more or less intended to be a *TOY*. Clearly nobody would actually use this camera for any serious video-recording, so for what it is I'd say it's worth every bit the $7.50 someone paid for it.

[@MatMabee]

"We're going to tear your ass..." -Out of context quote of the day

[@zlarb]

Cameras that say "Goodbye" are shitty cameras.

[@asdf_]

The shutdown noise is a cut up part of a Windows XP Windows Media player thing. The waves are called WMPAUD1-8.WAV

[@derpmansderpyskin]

Judging by the quality, it looks like it would work perfectly as Pewdiepie's facecam!

[@Bradman175]

Lool

[@shakengandulf]

I don't get it....

[@SarahC2]

I need one in my life! I wonder what it would be like if we swapped out the sensor for a decent one?

[@MaxPanic]

Calm down, tiger.

[@shodanxx]

You would gladly have paid 500$ for this camcorder back in 1990. This isn't a steaming pile of shit, it is a marvel of technology. It's like people who think a 1$ burger is "junk" and that aircraft movies are awful, you are completely spoiled Dave ;)

[@harfri]

But its not from 1990, its from 2012.

[@shodanxx]

Well, people who make 10$ a day might think this is an awesome camera, maybe the very first camera they can afford. Look at the video quality at the beginning, you can see and hear what is going on. That's a huge step above no camera.

[@keggerous]

lol I think you are missing the point . . . its all about context and relative quality. For todays standards, those are shitty cameras . . .

[@shodanxx]

They're not shitty if you are very poor or if you need a camera somewhere there's a good chance it will be destroyed.

[@90SecondsofAviation]

Lol, 19:30, left side. 'MIAN BOARD'. Priceless !

[@DJszymon]

Thanks Dave, just found a 7 dollar cam to stick on my quadcopter super cheap so no regrets

[@chris2442uk]

Not sure why you are so angry. They did well to make a camcorder so cheap

[@equake80]

I agree

[@yoppindia]

chris2442uk company did not pay for the unboxing!

[@JakariaYT]

Should I buy this for capturing Aliens on video?

[@alch3myau]

You should do more shaming of shitty products via video reviews/teardowns. Legendary!

[@stonent]

You should watch Ashens channel. He reviews stuff he buys at the dollar store and imported cheap electronics.

[@sprybug]

***** I love Ashens too.

[@arj8383]

This dude has the most whiny, irritating voice. And he groans in the most obnoxious, over dramatic way. Like calm down man, it's a 7 dollar camera what the hell do you expect?

[@flyingfrancisco]

What do you expect for $7.00? How many times can you say shittiest?

[@EEVblog]

It's exactly what I expected for $7. In fact, I said it more than I expected for $7

[@lightknight1976]

I am not so much into electronics but i like your austrailian accent and I share your humor. Its a kind of entertaining education which I enjoy a lot. Go ahead, I will follow.

[@iSolarSunrise]

Heck, the labor for this should actually be more than 20$! The only plausible explanation on how they sell this for 7$ is by paying unfair salary. Products like this should be eliminated completely. Think about the people working on the factory and getting 10 cents for a 10 hours of hard work...

[@GadgetAddict]

While I'm not a fan of unfair working conditions, you also have to consider that a poorly paying job is often better than no job, especially in countries that don't have unemployment benefit schemes. I've seen companies forced to close down because they weren't meeting certain requirements and the staff do not feel like the government have saved them. They feel like they've had a good (relative) paying job taken away from them and don't know where their next meal is going to come from.

[@BBC600]

I think people give these to kids as an inexpensive camera for first timers!

[@Gallowglas]

I doubt that kids would have fun with this ... the batteries are dead after just a few minutes. (30 minutes, if you use realy good ones)

[@mraiwa1000]

Walace!

[@GDIALPHA]

Gallowglas you have high standards, therefore cannot understand why 3rd world or even extreme low income families might buy one of these since they can afford a decent one, there was once i went to a kampung area (village) in Malaysia where the kids there were using an old nokia to play tetris and thought there was nothing better than that. keep in mind one mans garbage is anothers treasure. where i live all our old tech is sold to countries like Cambodia, Myanmar, etc because to them a 10 year old appliance is better than none

[@BBC600]

GDI ALPHA I totally agree!

[@Filo127]

Gallowglas Well, 30 minutes is just enough time for the kids to get bored of it

[@CoolDudeClem]

I'm surprised at how well the boards were made, but the lens assembly is even worse than I thought it would be! As for video quality, I get a better picture of my webcam.

[@combatplayer]

as do i, but to be fair, my webcam also cost a significant portion more.

[@WillPhoneman]

It would be good for something where you didn't expect the camera to survive, like filming an explosion up close, or using it on an RC car

[@suzukiman650]

Sorry but this video is a fail. Bitching out a camcorder that costs so little is so counter productive. It is not like anybody would buy this unit to make a blockbuster movie. The camera has a place such as for kids, nanny cam, etc.

[@Yonex333]

Totally agree.

[@Yonex333]

Totally agree with that and many other comments, defending the same position!

[@Gligar13Vids]

Still better than a 3ds

[@Gligar13Vids]

***** I own a 3ds. The camera is straight out of a Nokia.

[@Gligar13Vids]

***** The 3ds camera is far worse.

[@magolortheman5394]

Jake Auralight °w° (Gligar13Vids) Have you seen the Kinect Camera???

[@TheLastRaven6]

Jake Auralight °w° (Gligar13Vids) Expect the camera in a 3DS really wasn't ment to be high-quality.

[@electrodacus]

I watched this in 144p and I can not see a difrence in video quality compared to your more expensive camera the audio has some difrence but is not bad :)

[@MikeBMW]

Nice ... I see what you did there. :D

[@thatguyb3rt]

Michael Leers *see* :D

[@DarkestMirrored]

This seems like it'd be handy, actually, for nice cheap recording. The equivalent of a burner cellphone.