Toshiba Camileo S10 pocketcam: the $200 1080p Flip-killer?

It's been a while since we first caught wind of the mysterious Toshiba Camileo S10, but the pocket camcorder has finally broken loose, and it's looking like a pretty solid competitor to the Flip Mino HD and the Kodak Zi6 -- it amps up the video resolution to 1080p and also takes five megapixel stills. That's pretty impressive for a pocketcam spec sheet, but the best part is the price -- if this thing lands Stateside for close to the £130 ($181) UK pricetag, we'd have to find reasons not to snap one up. Pocket-lint got a few hands-ons photos of the little bugger, check 'em out at the read link.

Read - S10 announcement
Read - Pocket-lint hands-on

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 4:27PM]

Improved resolution is neato, but it's nothing without a decent lens and compression.

[aaronwe Posted Mar 13th 2009 4:48PM]

I have to ask: When we're talking about sensors this small, can anyone tell the difference between 720p and 1080p captures?

It's the megapixel race all over again, but for HD video. On small sensors, there's no difference between an 8 MP and a 12 MP sensor. Except for more noise on the 12 MP.

Why wouldn't it be the same when you're talking about shooting 1080p video on a tiny sensor?

[madgamer2000 Posted Mar 13th 2009 4:57PM]

1080p is still just 2 megapixels... so while I'm not sure, I would think that even with a small sensor you wouldn't have hit the same level of diminishing returns that you would in a point and shoot camera up at 5x (or more) the resolution.

[Tony C Posted Mar 13th 2009 4:48PM]

H.264 sounds pretty compelling to me!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 4:03AM]

Let's hope this does a better job than the Sony Webbie. Hopefully it won't have the wobble problem most of these pocket HD camcorders have but I won't hold my breath...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 4:04AM]

hopefully this is better than the sony webbie. i'm crossing my fingers it won't have the wobble issue most of these pocket camcorders have, but i won't hold my breath...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 8:10AM]

HD, yay.

How's the audio going to sound on that thing, though?

[DeadPlasmaCell Posted Mar 14th 2009 3:16PM]

Do any of these things have image-stabilization??