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Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by ghaff »

gcb0 wrote: post #26
msandford wrote: post #6

Finally someone else is stepping into the GoPro market. Good to see competition here. I know the feature sets aren't identical but sometimes worse is better.

uh? gopro really only has the brand nowadays. When gopro started it was jus the cheapest digital camera that nobody would cry if it was smashed by the skateboard... it wasn't really ground breaking in any other aspect. yeah it had interchangeable lens. but everyone i know that used them had one camera for each lens (since they cost ~1 to 2x the price of a good lens anyway) nowadays there are tons of cheap digital cam…

In all fairness, the GoPro is optimized around being rugged and waterproof and it can probably get along in some environments its cheaper competitors can't. That said, the GoPro interface is awful and I have no doubt that a lot of people for whom the GoPro is overkill spend the money anyway because of the brand.

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by kin »

msandford wrote: post #6

Finally someone else is stepping into the GoPro market. Good to see competition here. I know the feature sets aren't identical but sometimes worse is better.

While it's in the same consumer market as GoPro, remember that GoPro is more than a camera company in the same way that Red Bull is more than just an energy drink.

GoPro is headed in the direction of lifestyle branding. Original content, sponsored professional sports, brand collaboration, etc.

So while Polaroid and Sony are welcoming competition in the space, GoPro's market IMO seems more focused elsewhere.

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by basicallydan »

aeturnum wrote: post #27

Polaroid is pretty much a hollow shell used to market white label products these days. Anyone know if they actually developed this camera, of if they're just the front for another company?

Way to bring the mood down.

I think this is good. Looks like a genuine competitor to GoPro Hero!

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by baddox »

gk1 wrote: post #25

> It’s wide angle lens... You'd think they'd have someone proofread a product announcement.

That doesn't mean no one proofread it. These days I think it's more common to have the apostrophe in the possessive pronoun can to omit it. I've even seen people defend their usage as deliberate. I suspect we're near the end of it even being considered a "rule."

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by _archon_ »

collyw wrote: post #33

What's different / better about this than a GoPro?

This appears to be physically smaller. And cute. Polaroid may just have my business if it has standard mounting and the waterproof case works.

Re: Polaroid Cube

#37

Post by mkoryak »

This is cool. Ive been using my v1 contour roam every day for about a year and the battery life is starting to suck.

I went on amazon to buy a new contour roam but it has actually gone UP in price from $120 to 200+ :P

Re: Polaroid Cube

#38

Post by georgemcbay »

reustle wrote: post #19

Based on the video at the bottom of the page, I'm not really impressed with the video quality. Sure, it might be "1080p" but it still looks pretty fuzzy

Yeah; I like the idea of it, and certainly concessions have to be made for the size, but it really does look jarringly bad when they switch from the high quality shots (using something else to record), to the footage presumably taken by the Cube itself.

Not only does it look kinda fuzzy and janky (like the actual recording frames per second is quite low), but the shot where they show a loop under the bottom of a bike (at ~0:25) has probably the worst chromatic aberrations I've ever seen and I've handled some old lenses with bad chromatic aberration. It is like they made an instagram filter for adding CA to videos and someone went crazy with it and applied it 10 times.

If this quality is the best they've got to put in a promo video, it is no wonder they barely show footage from the cam at all and intermix it with high quality footage (especially as seen in the skateboard section) in a borderline deceptive manner.

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by MBCook »

Gracana wrote: post #16

I remember when polaroid cubes were indexable disposable flash bulbs.

That was actually why I clicked on the link. I wondered what they could possibly be talking about and was pleasantly surprised.

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by baddox »

rexignis wrote: post #13
msandford wrote: post #6

Finally someone else is stepping into the GoPro market. Good to see competition here. I know the feature sets aren't identical but sometimes worse is better.

Sony has been competing with their Actioncams. It's a superior product in terms of image quality (according to reviews), and that wrist screen they offer with it is very cool.

There are several solid action cams out there now. A quick search of YouTube shows countless reviews and comparisons. In my hobby of RC aircraft, the ~$80 Mobius cam is a very popular alternative to the GoPro. Most reviewers compare its video quality to that of the previous generation GoPro Hero 2, but it's smaller and much cheaper. Its firmware also supports it being used as a dashcam.

http://buymobius.com/collections/mobius-cameras/products/108...

http://www.amazon.com/Mobius-Action-Camera-1080P-Sports/dp/B...

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