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Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:57 am**

Drag_Racer408a wrote:That looks really cool. My friend has the CVS camera that you don't have to return to download. Its just like the one that you posted earlier but you can use a SD card in it. I am gona get one from him and uses it for ground bassed video. It normally sells for $150 but there clearenced down to $50!!!!!

Do they sell the SD card based version at CVS too?

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:25 pm**

Yes they do. But i am not sure if they have ones where you live spacemna. My friend lives in a small town so they have a ton.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:36 pm**

Drag_Racer408a wrote:Yes they do. But i am not sure if they have ones where you live spacemna. My friend lives in a small town so they have a ton.

I certainly will check and see! Thanks for the "Head's Up!"

Posted: **Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:08 pm**

So i have been checking out some things on The Hackable CVS camera. I was just wondering how hard it was to hack it because i have heard of like 8 different ways to do it on like 20 different versions. I was wondering if you could give me some help Tim or Mark or anyone!

Thanks!

Posted: **Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:57 am**

Does anyone know where you can get these one time use cameras in the uk?

Posted: **Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:53 pm**

davidabaird wrote:Does anyone know where you can get these one time use cameras in the uk?

We discovered that the same camcorder is available as a commercial product that you can buy in the store and it's not one-time-use.

http://www.theflip.com/products_try.shtml

Posted: **Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:10 pm**

Yups same thing as i got USWR. They come also under other brands like jvc with slight modifications. The one you posted is the major one. Other ones run on the same Pure Digital technology. Kind of like a dell and sony computer both running windows.

Posted: **Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:16 pm**

Drag_Racer408a wrote:Yups same thing as i got USWR. They come also under other brands like jvc with slight modifications. The one you posted is the major one. Other ones run on the same Pure Digital technology. Kind of like a dell and sony computer both running windows.

Have you noticed any differences in the video quality between the various brands? Since they all use the same core technology, they all should produce the same quality output, correct? It seems like it would make a nice rugged little camera to get closeups of the rocket launching without risking the digital camcorders we use.

Posted: **Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:57 pm**

They are pretty much all the same overall. I have the cvs Hacked version and i have it all hopped up and it gets better quality than the regualr store bought brands. You can easily water proof them by putting a plastic bag over them. The only thing they vary in is the size i think.

If your lucky you could try to find an onlder cvs version and you can change the frames per second so you could get really good shots.

Posted: **Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:04 pm**

Drag_Racer408a wrote:They are pretty much all the same overall. I have the cvs Hacked version and i have it all hopped up and it gets better quality than the regualr store bought brands. You can easily water proof them by putting a plastic bag over them. The only thing they vary in is the size i think.

If your lucky you could try to find an onlder cvs version and you can change the frames per second so you could get really good shots.

I picked up one of the newest CVS cameras when they were on sale after the 4th of July holiday. Thet are reported to have the best picture yet and the best frames per second. Mark tried to do the modification to unlock it and "Bricked" it. Now we have to wait until someone cracks the software so we can reload it.

Posted: **Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:09 pm**

What version is it. If it is a 53.12 then it shouldn't have bricked. Have you checked this site out. It hepls alot.

http://camerahacks.10.forumer.com/

This site helps a ton!

Posted: **Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:30 pm**

Drag_Racer408a wrote:What version is it. If it is a 53.12 then it shouldn't have bricked. Have you checked this site out. It hepls alot.

http://camerahacks.10.forumer.com/

This site helps a ton!

Great site man! I'm going to check it out right away!!!

Posted: **Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:52 pm**

Does anybody know how long these CVS cameras will record for? I'm thinking of getting one for my onboard video and I will need a long recording time so I can start it before I start pumping.
Thanks-

Posted: **Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:38 am**

xenon wrote:Does anybody know how long these CVS cameras will record for? I'm thinking of getting one for my onboard video and I will need a long recording time so I can start it before I start pumping.
Thanks-

I dug up the info on the one we broke and it says it will record 20 minutes of footage.

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