Review of Creative Vado HD!
Review of Creative Vado HD 2nd Gen 8GB Camcorder!! — Good, Bad or Worst?
- Creative Vado HD 2nd Generation 8 GB
I have bad review of Vado HD 2nd Gen 8GB video camera! After using around 2 months I found out it is just a piece of CRAP! 
And I want my money & my videos back! Here is my true story why I hated it.
I have choosen this Vado HD pocket camcorder after reading online reviews. But those reviews didn’t shoots my Vado experience. I think maybe because they haven’t faced this kind of issue as mine. I bought it for my family trip to our home country and for important family event that’s wedding ceremony of my brother. I took wedding footage very nicely by fixing all the lighting and using tripod and all those hard works. After the event I tried to copy the videos/footage into my computer but unfortunately Vado HD drive is not showing in my MacBook Pro computer and I thought maybe the USB port is not good for it and tried changing other USB port still it didn’t worked So, I tried in other computer which has different Operating System i.e. Windows 7 it didn’t worked either and also tried on other computer which has Windows XP, Vista, Linux…nothing helped! After all those attempt I gave up and called Creative Labs Customer support and mentioned about the problem. And they thought that its just a software firmware problem and asked to upgrade but it’s not connecting to computer how could I upgrade it! So, I asked them as I have just used for a month and I have warranty, can I get it repaired and get my important videos back? but they said there is no warranty on the footage!!! WTF??? I was totally pissed-off. However, luckily I had my friend working for Creative Labs I have approached her and explained about my problem and she said she will try to get it repaired sending to factory. And I thought that’s a good idea and gave it to her and sent to factory they said Singapore. And I was told that, they are repairing, so has to wait..I waited more than 6 months and contacted them again, then later they said it’s not yet repaired and sending it back to me! WTF?? this is their customer support and warranty use! So, why to buy this crap! Stay away from it. Just get other good quality HD camcorder which is reliable!
I have not yet received the camera, they said it’s on my way! Once I receive it I will try to repair it by myself opening the camera and take out the hard-drive or its storage device/chips. Will see how I could mange it to copy my urgent videos.
I have never ever had this kind of bad experience w/ any of the electronic gadgets!
Hence Creative Lab SUCKS! I will never buy their product in my life!
