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hey there i'm josh goldman with CNET and this is a quick look at GoPros mid-range action cam the hero3 plus silver edition at $300 it's $100 less than GoPros top model the $400 Black Edition from the outside they look almost identical except for the silver 3 on the front and gopro packages them with almost all of the same accessories including the new lighter smaller difficult to open and less waterproof housing not included is GoPros Wi-Fi remote control but with the cameras built-in Wi-Fi you can still connect to your smartphone and use it to control the camera change settings and view and download clips from the camera to your device along with losing the remote the silver uses a different sensor and processor than the Black Edition and that's really where the hundred dollar difference comes in because of that swap you lose things like the black editions protune mode and the capability to capture video and photos simultaneously and there aren't as many resolution and frame rate options among other things what you do get is a camera with good battery life at about 2 hours without Wi-Fi and that captures some pretty nice video at up to 1080p at 60 frames per second or 720p at 120 frames per second the clips aren't quite as good as the Black Edition but that's kind of the point basically if you like GoPros camera design and just want solid HD video you might be able to save yourself a hundred bucks and get this I'm Josh golden and that's a look at the GoPro Hero 3 plus silver edition