Hi has you may remembder I have returned a total of Two
new GOPRO HD head cams But now summers soon to be out
I am wondering if anyone been having problems with them

Also considering the Contour 720 HD has anyone had good and
bad points with this unit.

My GoPro HD has ben brilliant.

Why have you had to return them?

cant fault my £12.50 ebay (MD10) one, that combined with a £15 clas 6 8gb card from 7dayshop and its a bargain, 31fps in sunlight 28-30 on light singletrack, only struggles in realy dense wood on the wrogn side of the hill due to the tiny lense/sensor droping it to 15fps then going blurry.

never really saw the point of HD until i saw the mutiny BMX vids on you tube… now I really want a gopro. what problems did you have (cos they're not cheap?)

Hi Guys the first problem I had was after setting up the GOPRO HD
I tried a test just videoing the dog? but the cam just froze.
Could not turn of even after taking the battery out and putting back in.
And in the morning it would not start up.

Second GOPRO HD it started to take pictures in Cam mode then it started
to work but when I played back the video it was very stuttery and was if
I had edited badly a load of little clips of video.

Thats why I want to know whats going on as now I want a head cam badly
I know on paper I would say the GOPRO HD is the best out there
But GOPRO when emailing them about the problem are basicaly CRAP

when I played back the video it was very stuttery

Did it do this if you tried playing it back straight onto your TV?

]I got one just after xmas and had a few niggles
main one was/is it wont record to a recomended sd card Kingston 16 gb class 6 .

stuttering playback on the computer is more a computer issue dealing with the HD files

lots of info here on problems and solutions
http://goprouser.freeforums.org/questions-problems-and-observations-hd-gopro-only-f4.html

firmware update out on 17th of this month

At last I'll be able to mount the camera upside down.

I have the GoPro HD. Had it for a couple of months now and no issues with mine.

Hi Trout thanks for the link But it seems the firmware
is not GOPRO's and if? it goes wrong you have to pay for
repair.
Trout what did you do to get over the problems with your GOPRO.
Regarding the stuttering i did email this and GOPRO gave no responce
in the return email.
I also gave the name and spped of SD card and was suprised but they
say they was testing the Kensington and another card.
So to me GOPRO was still testing this new unit.

Did it play back smoothly on the TV though?

Nope played a litle bit better but still stuttered

Yes there was a pirate upgrade about but there is an official firmware upgrade coming out on the 17th

Mine seems to be working ok now but using a pny 8 GB sd card the kingston wont work at all .

have you tried uploading a vid straight to youtube and see if it will play from there worked for me .

It does seem like Go pro are using us customers as beta testers for a not perfect to release product .

just done some vid with it bar mounted and it must be the worst place to mount a cam far too much movement chesty or helmet for the next try .

I've got a contourHD 720p and it's a great little unit. The only problems are the vholdr mounts aren't the best (apart from the goggle strap mount), so it's best to hunt around for your own solutions. I've found some rubber mounts for standard helmet cam's that were easy to adapt and allow mounting pretty much anywhere on the bike. There's also no option for a chest mount like the go-pro but it's only one angle and not the end of the world. I'm pleased with the quality and the software allows you to adjust the quality and exposure settings.

This was filmed using mine:

[/url]Snowdon September 09

The bar mount looked quite smooth for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNciTdZZ7U8

Chest mount looks betterer though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUtSJTIUkMc

My latest video shot using GoPro HD on a variety of mounts

Chase The Sun (Darts Floor Remix)

Not had any issues with the camera.

Plays back perfectly on ordinary and HDTV and using VLC Media player(the BEST player for playing anything without the need for CODECs etc. on the PC )

Large files can be a problem to manage on the PC tho

Grantway, is the stuttering on your PC or on the TV?

If I try to edit in Adobe Premiere Elements 7 it stutters, so I just use that to make simple edits i.e. cut out the crap then convert to avi and edit properly in MWMM.

Found this worth a good look at: GoProUser.freeforums.org
Could someone put a link to the above.

Just tried the VLC Media player and it still stutters.

Any ideas? Apart from buying a new PC.