John G
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I was about to buy a dash cam when I learned that several states do not allow anything to be mounted on the windshield (CA, NJ, etc.). This throws a wrench into what cam I can use, since I will be mounting whatever I get, in a 45 foot Class A motorhome, going through all 49 continental United States and much of Canada. So I will have to have a cam that can be mounted on the dash and maintain 100% functionality, including upright viewing of the recorded video.
I want a 1080p or greater cam, with good night vision, WDR and 150 degree or greater capture angle. It must be able to be mounted on the dash (NOT on the windshield). It will be connected to power full-time, so I would like to have a parking mode, with optical motion detection and/or one frame per second recording. A screen is not necessary, if it has WiFi. However, remote activation is something that I really want.
In some cases, to get what I want, it may require mounting the cam upside-down. That would require that the cam have the ability to know when it is inverted and invert the image in memory. I believe that the DDPai Mini will do this, but I would have to accept 140 degree wide angle. In other cases, as with the AUTO-VOX D7, the cam can be mounted right side up, to the dash with velcro, since the USB power plug is on the top. However, if I do that with the D7, it defeats the hand motion activated protect feature, to protect the file from being overwritten, since the D7 looks for hand motions below it, where the dash and velcro would be. A dedicated bluetooth SOS or snapshot button would be ideal.
I think that you can begin to see my dilemma. Does anyone have any suggestions for a cam that would fit the above specifications? I'm not interested in paying an arm and a leg for a dash cam at this time, since the technology is changing so fast that whatever I get will be obsolete by the same time next year.
Any suggestions?…
I want a 1080p or greater cam, with good night vision, WDR and 150 degree or greater capture angle. It must be able to be mounted on the dash (NOT on the windshield). It will be connected to power full-time, so I would like to have a parking mode, with optical motion detection and/or one frame per second recording. A screen is not necessary, if it has WiFi. However, remote activation is something that I really want.
In some cases, to get what I want, it may require mounting the cam upside-down. That would require that the cam have the ability to know when it is inverted and invert the image in memory. I believe that the DDPai Mini will do this, but I would have to accept 140 degree wide angle. In other cases, as with the AUTO-VOX D7, the cam can be mounted right side up, to the dash with velcro, since the USB power plug is on the top. However, if I do that with the D7, it defeats the hand motion activated protect feature, to protect the file from being overwritten, since the D7 looks for hand motions below it, where the dash and velcro would be. A dedicated bluetooth SOS or snapshot button would be ideal.
I think that you can begin to see my dilemma. Does anyone have any suggestions for a cam that would fit the above specifications? I'm not interested in paying an arm and a leg for a dash cam at this time, since the technology is changing so fast that whatever I get will be obsolete by the same time next year.
Any suggestions?…