Poor man's HD camcorder: Genius G-Shot HD55 with 720p video

Behold really cheap HD recording from Genius, the G-Shot HD55. From the single real photo I found on the web, it looks pretty fragile. Let's hope the build quality is good.

Techtree.com says:

The Genius G-Shot HD55 is a 5.0 MP CMOS camcorder with a HD video camera that records at 720p (1280x720@30fps). It uses the high compression H.264 format. It has a 3.0 inch TFT LCD screen that can be swiveled. It has capabilities of playing back content on normal as well as HDTV. Though the internal memory is just 32 MB, it provides a SDHC slot that can accept SDHC cards for recording content.

Genius is well known in Europe and Asia as a manufacturer of speakers, keyboards, mice, webcams and other computer accessories.

Check the G-Shot HD55 product detail page at Genius.

Buy the older Genius G-shot DV5133 VGA camcorder at Amazon (not HD, but cheap).

Go check the company product lineup at http://www.geniusnet.com