CVS "One-time-use" Camcorder
by brian @ 23:57:44 - [perma-link]A while back I read about the CVS One-time-use Camcorder. Its like
the one-time cameras, but video. So you buy the thing for $30,
record 20 minutes or so of video, and then take it back to CVS and
pay them another $13 (I think) for "processing", and they give you a
DVD with your 20 minutes of video. Its kind of neat, in that "I can be a total moron and still make a
DVD for only $43" sort of way. You don't get the camera back.
That's another $30 for another camera, even though the only
disposable parts are the AA batteries inside. But of course, it was hacked. The "proprietary port" under the
sticker on top is really just USB without a nice connector (and a
bunch of extra pads for "future expansion" or some crap). Since we
don't have CVS Pharmacies in Portland, I asked my mom to send me one
(and she did). This movie is a couple of the clips I took with the camera so I'd
have something to download. Tomorrow (maybe :) I want to put it on
my T-Maxx. Eventually it will end up on an RC plane. Here's the how_to_cvs_vide_1.html>HOWTO I followed, in case you want to do
it, too.
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