Everyone wants to find a meaningful gift to give during the holidays, and what could be more meaningful than a video of YOU sent to the ones you love. Creating your own personal video is not only a personal and special gift, it’s also affordable – requiring just a little time and creativity – and is a perfectly green gift for the environmentally-conscious. Now you can get a jump on your holiday gift list – without ever hitting the mall -- make that perfect gift, AND enter to win  a brand new, not even-on-the-market-yet, DXG-580V HD Digital Camcorder (a $180 value).

Congratulations to Trisha Jones who submitted the winning video:   So start brainstorming now for who might like the most unique and personal video gift.  Create a short 1-3 minute video expressing how you feel or just the message you want to convey this holiday season, and send to anyone on your gift list. Ideas to get you started: With the family gathered together for Thanksgiving, it’s the perfect time to create a video gift for those you’ll miss during the holidays. The grandparents won’t be with you for the holidays, send them a video update and message. Mom or dad is serving overseas in the military, tell them – and show them – how much you miss them. Your child's teacher is such an important part of their life, give them a unique message of thanks from your child. Your green-conscious friend would love your thoughtfulness and originality. A co-worker would really enjoy seeing you in a different light. And the person who has everything certainly doesn’t have a video gift from you! Get busy.  Be creative.  Have Fun.  But Hurry! Contest ends Midnight, Pacific Time, November 30, 2008 Photos have always been a special and meaningful gift, and video is even more emotional and expressive!  The "DXG Gift of You" Video Contest celebrates the introduction of a new-type of video recorder -- one that can upload videos directly to YouTube and records video in high definition -- making it even easier and fun to create and share personal videos.

How To Enter

Create your "DXG Gift of You" video that meets the requirements outline in the rules, below. Post your video to YouTube. E-mail a link of your video to dxggiftofyou@gmail.com. Post and email your video's link by Midnight Pacific Time, Sunday, November 30, 2008.

DXG Gift of You Contest Rules

One winner will be selected based on originality and best representation of the theme of the contest – the Gift of You! One entry per person.  Must be 18 or older to enter. Entries must be in English. Any digital video recorder may be used -- after all the DXG camera isn't even on the market yet! ex:  digital camera, cell phone, or other video camcorder Videos must be under 10 minutes in length, smaller than 1 GB in size. Videos must be posted on YouTube with a link sent to dxggiftofyou@gmail.com.  Videos received solely via email will not be eligible to win. Contest ends midnight Pacific Time, November 30, 2008. No purchase necessary. By entering your video in this contest you give DXG Technology USA the rights to use your video in future promotional activities throughout the world. We follow the YouTube Terms of Use for our Contest. Please follow these rules when creating and posting video and use good taste. Winner will be notified by email on December 1st and must claim their prize within 72 hours of the email send date. Check back here on December 1st to see the winning video!

About the DXG-580V Digital Video Camcorder

Don’t let the size fool you. This compact and portable high-definition camcorder is loaded with features that let you capture life with ease. With the ability to record HD video, up to 1440 x 1080 at 30fps –that’s real 1080p – you’ll be reminded why life is too precious to miss. But the fun doesn’t stop there. The DXG-580V takes fantastic still pictures and functions as a digital voice recorder. Connect the DXG-580V to your plasma or HDTV and share those memories with the ones you helped you create them – your family and friends.  Or upload them straight to YouTube and share them via FaceBook, MySpace and more! Nitty Gritty: Petite Profile:  just 2.68" x 4.37" x 1.61" Up to 8 Megapixel, CMOS Sensor H.264 Video Compression, 1440 x 1080 resolution  3" High-Resolution TFT screen Need more details click here for the Product Spec Sheet

YouTube Beginner's Guide:
How to Post Your DXG Gift of You Video

Step 1:  Film your video using any digital video recording device Step 2:  Edit your video to be less than 10 minutes, smaller than 1GB in size. Step 3:  Upload your video 1.     Click the yellow upload button in the upper-right-hand corner of any YouTube page. 2.     Enter as much information about your video as possible, including Title, Description, Tags, and Category. The more information you include, the easier it is for users to find your video! 3.     Determine if you want your video set to Public or Private. 4.     Click the "Upload a Video." button. 5.     In the next window, click the "Browse" button to browse for the video file. Select the file you want to upload. 6.     Click the "Upload Video" button. Step 4:  Email the video to dxggiftofyou@gmail.com For more information on YouTube video uploading check out:  http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/topic.py?topic=10524 It can take from a couple minutes to an hour for your video to upload to YouTube.   If you're receiving an error with your Upload, you might want to make sure you're attempting to upload a file that's recognized by YouTube. YouTube accepts video files from most digital cameras and camcorders, and cell phones in the .AVI, .MOV, .WMV, and .MPG file formats.