http://www.geekwire.com/2013/contour-closes-seattle-hq-surprises-employees-execs-mum-status-gopro-rival/

 

I just got a Contour Roam camera several months ago. 

Whaaaaaaaat?  I have the original ContourHD - I love it.  Much better than those GoPro Bricks.....

That sux... I had one of their cameras on my short list of things to get. Guess GoPro will have to replace it although I do like the Contours better... Geeze!

Whaaaaaaaat?  I have the original ContourHD - I love it.  Much better than those GoPro Bricks.....

 

+1^^^^^^^

The problem is that as a camera, it is not better than the gopro bricks. On top of that, once you ditch rail mounts on rifles and side of helmet mount, even the form factor isn't superior. For the form factor it has, there are a LOT of similar form factor competitors at this point. I'll bet at this point, every major gadget maker in china has one or more of a similar item in production. 

The China knock offs are garbage. What I liked about the Contour was the GPS functionality, it's sleek form, smartphone capable and more.

I kind of figured something was going on when I noticed their models started slimming down.

GoPro wouldn't be bad except for it's brick design and lack of some features. If I wanted an SLR look, I'd use a real one....