Kodak PlayTouch Camcorder Review

The Hardware

The simplicity of the device continues on the back where a 3-inch capacitive LCD touchscreen takes up most of the real estate, as shown in Figure 4. Under the screen is one button which is the Record/OK button. The speaker is to the right of that button. The name “Kodak” is near the bottom.

Figure 4: The back of the PlayTouch

The right side of the PlayTouch contains most of the ports. As shown in Figure 5, a plastic door can be opened to reveal these ports. Although not a major detriment, the door emitted an annoying squeak when it was opened and closed.

When the door is open, you can see a pop-out USB arm that is released by pressing on the yellow slide lock. Next to that is a micro USB port that can be used for charging the device, a micro HDMI port and an A/V out port.

Figure 5: The right side of the PlayTouch

The left side of the PlayTouch, shown in Figure 6, has the power button near the top and the battery compartment and SD card slot below the power button. The card slot takes SD and SDHC cards up to 32 GB, but no card is included.

Figure 6: The left side of the PlayTouch

One extremely nice feature of the PlayTouch is an external microphone jack, which is on the top of the device as shown in Figure 7. The top also has a focus slider that can be set to close-up or normal.

Figure 7: The top of the PlayTouch