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The new GoPro HERO5 Black

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The new GoPro HERO5 Black

- Hey there, I'm Robbie Carmen. - And I'm Rich Harrington. - And welcome back to another episode, and Rich, this week, we're going to talk about a camera that everybody knows. - Yep. - And has recently been updated and proved and that is the GoPro HERO5 Black edition. - [Rich] Yeah, it's a welcome edition, you know. It seems like about every year and a half to two years, there's a new GoPro. - [Robbie] Right. - [Rich] But the stakes were higher this time, weren't they? - Yeah, so GoPro has faced some challenges. - Challenges. (laughter) - Over the uh, over the past year or so. - Yeah. - Uh, you know, both getting criticized for price point, lack of innovation, uh, some issues with their drone that was released this year. But the GoPro 5, the Black edition here, I think is a pretty compelling action camera and definitely feels like a pretty good evolution of the GoPro system. So here is the GoPro 5 HERO Black edition, and Rich, I'm curious, I have some pretty good opinions about this camera. We'll obviously talk about features this week that this camera has, but what is your gut impression of this camera? - We're going to take a deep dive into top five features, Rob, but overall, it's a nice improvement, and I say that owning all of the previous editions. You know, I bought three of them already. - You'd think, you'd think that Rich is a GoPro salesman. You open up the trunk of his car and it's just GoPros everywhere. - A lot of GoPros. - Right. - Yeah, no it's not that bad, but, you know, I bought three of these, and for me, it really came down to ease of use. I like the fact that they simplify things. Like in the past, oh, you mean you want 4K with reasonable, actual, usable frame rates? Oh, well that's the top edition. Oh, but that one doesn't have a screen. You have to buy another screen to attach, 'cause we're using, you know, the two processors and, it's like, well wait a minute. It just got confusing, like, all of a sudden it just kept feeling like it was escalating. - Yeah. - And now, there's only one HERO Black. There's the Session, and there's the Black. - Right, and I think, I agree with you. I think that they overall, they simplified. But I also think that they've kind of listened to a lot of, you know, the complaints about people. People are like, "What, I got to buy another case to do waterproof." Right? Or, "I got to, I have to buy a screen separately," and all these kinds of things. And they also improved things like the menus and some features have been requested like GPS and video stabilization. - Yeah. - But again, it's not a perfect camera, and I think that as we dive deep into some of the areas this week, there are some things to really like, but we'll also point out some of the things that could probably be improved as well. - Right, so let's jump into that first new feature, and that is video stabilization.

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