Another "Hamer of" question: Pocket video recorders

[tomteriffic]

Since the "Hamer of" question has started to pop up again....

What's the Hamer of pocket video recorders?

By that I mean best bang for the buck stuff? The requirements would be:

Easy setup

Good low light performance

Decent audio /video quality, suitable for, say, YouTube type viewing.

The last I looked, the Zoom dealie had great sound but its low light performance was pretty awful. Conversely, a couple of others looked pretty good but had so-so sound.

I'm not interested in taping my phone to a mic stand or something so a separate device is required.

[backinit]

Thanks for bringing this subject up. At our last performance my wife used a RCA something or other and it was terrible. I remember that Jaye posted a couple of vids from his Southern rock band awhile back and the quality was quite good. Maybe he will pipe in about it.

[tomteriffic]

Bueller? Bueller?

[anotherfreak]

I found some good info on the Zoom HD thingy, we just ordered one to catch some of our shows. There were some good demo's of it on Youtube!

[Feynman]

I have never recorded in a dark club or anything, but I've been through a few now.

Q3HD - borrowed for maybe a week - no zoom, low light was poor

LS-20m - better build quality, much better low light - display and control placement are pretty annoying

Currently I have a Q2HD - feels cheaply made, but more functional than the Q3HD despite it's rank in the tier. Low light (at home) is not bad.

Sound quality on all of them is excellent.

[Thundernotes]

What is poor low-light performance? If it's dark in the room, and the picture is dark..... then that's an accurate image, right?

I have the Q3HD and I'm satisfied with it for what it is.