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hey there I'm Josh Goldman with CNET and this is a look at the monoprice m HD action camera for those unfamiliar with monoprice the company has made a name for itself by selling less expensive versions of pricier name-brand products in this case the MHD has a very similar design and feature set to the ion air pro camera it's about half the price though but to be fair the ion has a couple differences including the capability to add Wi-Fi to it which the MHD just doesn't have so what you do get with the MHD is a small lightweight action cam that's waterproof down to about 30 feet without an additional housing it records in either 1080p or 720p at 30 frames per second and captures 5 megapixel photos and operation is simple just slide the switch on top forward and it powers on and starts recording giving you a little vibration to let you know it's going included is a handlebar or palm out along with a Quick Connect mount that screws into the standard tripod mount in the bottom so while you can buy other mounts from monoprice all under about $20 you can also use anything with a quarter inch tripod mount its ports in microSD card slot are stashed under a cap in the back and while the camera's battery is built-in you do get about two and a half hours recording time from it now the video quality it's what I would expect from a sub $100 video camera that has all of these other features going for it it's basically good enough for mobile devices and online sharing its small sizes but viewing even slightly larger reveals a lot of artifacts and wobble is plentiful the rest of the package is very good for the money though so if you don't need anything more than decent web video this will do the trick I'm Josh golden and that's the mana price M HD action camera