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<\/a><\/p>\nI was recently sent a\u00a0RCA Small Wonder HD Video Recorder<\/a>\u00a0to review. \u00a0I was sent the\u00a0EZ2100 model<\/a>\u00a0and it was very easy to start using. \u00a0The thing that really threw me and almost made me give this a poor review was that prior to receiving this I read a review on Amazon.com that said something like,”Make sure you don’t use any of the high-speed SD Cards for this because they won’t work. \u00a0You need to use a class 2. \u00a0Now that just struck me as weird and I should have looked into it more but when it arrived even though almost all my SD cards are class 10, I found an old class 2 and put it in. \u00a0I was very unhappy with the video, however I was not thinking it was the card but due to the camera etc. \u00a0So I took several videos of the kids over the next couple of days and was not really happy at all. \u00a0The thing I liked best at this point was the RCA Memory Manager software that came with it. This software makes making great movies and special effects with your media super easy. \u00a0So finally I said let me try one outside, that was when my little 2 card was full so I opened my Canon 60D and took out the SD class 10 card. \u00a0It was at that moment that a huge light bulb appeared above my head and I thought, “Hmmmm, could this be it? \u00a0Could that lady on Amazon have no idea what she is talking about?” \u00a0With that brilliant moment I ran outside where I found my 4-year-old and took some video. \u00a0I came in and took a look, it was like night and day from the video using the class 2 card. My husband had told me that it sounded crazy when I told him that it said to use a class 2 card because in all our other HD video recorder we use class 10. \u00a0Well, I learned an important lesson that day, when you read something on Amazon that just sounds wrong, it probably is. \u00a0So I am so glad that class 2 ran out of space otherwise this review would have ended on a very bad note.<\/p>\n So okay, what do I think? \u00a0I think this unit is super compact and with the right class SD card takes good video. \u00a0You do have to be careful to hold the camera steady and I do not think I would want to use it for taping long events unless I had a tripod to hold it. \u00a0However for taking HD video that you can easily edit with great software, then upload to Facebook and You Tube you really can’t beat this video recorder for the price. It also takes still photos and has a full color 2.0 inch display. \u00a0The video recorder works best in good light and stores in a compact drawstring pouch that makes it super easy to keep in your purse to capture video any time. \u00a0I think this would be a great gift for a tween or teen this holiday season so I am adding it to our\u00a02011 Holiday Gift Guide.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nRCA EZ2100 High Definition Digital Camcorder with 2″ Color Display<\/a><\/h4>\n