Genius G-Shot HD520, the pocket-sized camcorder

Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 4:57
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genius-g-shot-hd520 With the ever advancing technology, the size of the gadgets becoming limited to the pocket. The world is slowly moving away from the age old bulky devices to pocket sized hi-tech gadgets. If you are among the one who are looking for a camcorder of the similar type, then your search ends here.

Genius has introduced its latest pocket sized low cost camcorder, the Genius G-Shot HD520. With an affordable price of USD $149, Genius has successfully managed to pack in a great number of features.

As its reviews, the Genius G-Shot HD520 weighs approximately 6 ozs and is featured with a 2.5 inch LTPS LCD screen that is capable of rotating up to 270 degrees. The unit comes equipped with features including a 7.1 mm lens, digital zoom of 5x and a Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery.

As the features, the device comes with a built in memory of 32MB to store your images and supports for an additional HCSD memory of capacity upto 8 GB. This is not everything as Genius G-Shot HD 520 is not just a camcorder and restricted to only capturing of images. It has additional functionalities of a portable media player too, which allows you to display e-books, play music and capture video recordings as well.

With just a comfortable price tag of USD $149, the camcorder unit is capable of offering a varied range of functionalities such as Face Detection, Electronic Image Stabilizers, Z-lighting technology and HDMI connectivity technology integrated in it.

The Z-lighting technology of the device is capable of enhancing the level of brightness in low light conditions, whereas you can use the device to play 720m recordings on your HDTV via the HDMI connectivity technology. The device allows you to capture still images of upto 11 megapixel and video of 5 megapixel in MPEG-4/H.264 format. With a pistol grip body and decent look combined with an affordable price, the Genius G-Shot HD520 camcorder is surely to attract every pocket.