CVS One Time Use Camcorder (referred as OTU)
Everything related about getting information on this wonderfull device (for what you pay it - 30$) - thsi i a classic american product, but since i've heard of it, i stop my need to put my hands on some of them ! Oversea shipping is quite expensive... pssst: don't forget the Marshmallows !
Last Update: 27/03/2007
Introduction
The CVS camcorder is a small, cheap and robust device. It does only one thing: pressing just 1 button it records video. No zoom, no settings, just preview and delete buttons, LCD aim, internal 256mb flash memory and 2 simple AA complete what can be defined the easiest camcorder ever made.
GroupBuy... All right... too easy... where's the trick? the drawnback is that to have your video off it, you have to bring back to a CVS store, pay another 12$, loose the camcorder and get a 20 minute DVD in half resolution (352x288) for a total cost of 42$... not quite a catch anymore, ya ?
But here it comes the good news. At 
Camera hacks forumer some good guys started to see what there was inside/outside this camera, and to be short, there is a USB 2.0 port hidden under a sticker, just solder 4 wires, connect to the PC, run a couple of software and you can turn it to a regular multi-use camera: download videos, tweak camera settings (resolution, bitrate, and other options) and brick IT !
More to say, there are also some hardware tweak: silence sound, add ext jack, regulate the bright of the preview screen, other shrink it's size to a more smaller version... it's a work in progress !
Some pics
Some pics about the cam.
Overview of connection to the camera slot 
A better schema
Internals of m200 model (3.4)
Strange offset in camera display
True, weird color... should be blue
Again, offset and blu image
Ho to connect internal usb wires
How i did my connector
Where i holed for the connector
Datasheets
Flash [ rar - 700kb ]
SamsungFlash [ rar - 770kb ]
DCDC Power [ rar - 500kb ]
Coash 8 [ rar - 70kb ]
Some interesting files
Although discussed, these files are like every normal program out there, as long as you know how to do it, it's ok if you do it privately ;) - so don't read if you don't agree, free they where, free they remain on the web.
CamCorderKit 2.0 [ exe - 1.18mb ]
Cronus with GUI [ zip - 140kb]
CronusKey Original [ zip - 20kb]
OPS with cronus [ zip - 1mb]
Public file repository 
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