While not a brand name, there no waiting for rebate check(s). Also the 3 year warranty is appealing.



3X Optical Zoom / 4X Digital Zoom
512 MB SD™ card included
2.5" color LCD
docking station
very compact aluminum body: less than 1" thick
record video sequences in MPEG 4 format with sound
add voice annotations
A/C adapter
2 rechargeable batteries with charger
car adapter for charger
5.5 oz. in weight with battery
3 year warranty
free docking station, up to a $79 value
free 512 MB SD™ card, up to a $50 value

TIA for any comments.

um, how many megapixel, for starters?

The photo of the camera appears to show 5.2 MP, but it's hard to see, for me, at least.

I have not purchased any electronics from Aldi, but the general consensus is that they are of good quality. They are actually not unknown brands, just unknown here in the US..... usually they are quite popular in Europe. (for example, they sell a lot of Medion). Since Aldi is a German company, they have the relationships with the manufacturers to sell these at good prices, I guess.

The MegaPixel is the important spec missing above. If it's anything over 5 MP, this camera seems to be a good value.

also make sure it's genuine 5mp, not interpolated, or that whatever the real megapixel # is, you're happy with it for the price

and yeah, from what I've heard a lot of their cheap electronics are legitimate european brands, not generic

Thanks for everyone advice. I was at my local Aldi last Saturday night and found no camera kits left in the display case. What is interpolated and how does it make a cheap camera a bad deal?