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"   Former film giant (now digital middleweight) Kodak just launched a handful of cameras today at CES. Amongst the new digital imaging devices was an interesting take on the digital video camera. Following in the footsteps of the enormously popular Flip video cameras, Kodak last year announced the ZI6, a pocket-sized video recorder that was the first to offer HD resolutions at a dirt-cheap price. Flip followed suit later in 2008 with its own HD pocket videocam, and now HD video is no longer just a plaything of the well-healed.   Today&amp;#039;s new Kodak model is the ZX1 (coming out in April), a 720p-capable HD cam that is splash and dirt-resistant, and will cost only $150\u2014less than the ZI6 was selling for only a month ago. These days, everybody&amp;#039;s getting into the cheap camcorder market, but it&amp;#039;s interesting to see Kodak pushing the envelope in a market category that Flip created. We doubt the ZX1 is going to win any cinematography Oscars, but it&amp;#039;s a recession-conscious way to shoot hi-def home movies of the family, and\u2014bonus\u2014you don&amp;#039;t have to cry if the baby spits up on the camera. \u2014Glenn Derene   RELATED STORIES \u2022 EARLIER: Kodak&amp;#039;s EasyShare Camera Puts HD Video in Your Pocket  \u2022 PLUS: Kodak&amp;#039;s OLED Picture Frame too Pricey for Early Adopters  \u2022 MORE CES: Live @ the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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