Kodak PlaySport Zx5 Review Discussion

[Mark Calley]

Earlier this year, DigitalCameraReview tried out the Kodak EasyShare Sport C123, a ruggedized digital camera that fell well below expectations. This time around we’ve gotten our hands on the EasyShare Sport's camcorder counterpart, the Kodak PlaySport Zx5.

Upon first receiving the device, our sights were set low by how similar it seemed to the EasyShare Sport. The names are similar, the displays are similar, and Kodak's entire marketing campaign for the PlaySport seemed directly copied from the EasyShare Sport (right down to the dirt-covered, partially submerged PlaySport featured on the camcorder's official product page).

None of these features boded well. However there was a glimmer of pre-review hope for the PlaySport: digging through the DCR archives turns up a review for the last iteration of the product line, the first-generation Kodak PlaySport, which we found to be a four-star product.

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