Ah, thanks for the new word. I've been tired of "disingenuity" for awhile but had nothing better to go with till now
I don't know who your vendor was but I hope that you get satisfaction from them. The A119 series cams were beta-tested but that will not catch every problem or issue, and sometimes the only way to resolve those things when they're found later is a new version of cam or newer firmware. The latter is an easy DIY, yet the former will always result in disgruntled folks who bought in early and feel cheated. It can't be an easy decision for the manufacturer but I feel that it is better for them to do what is needed than to simply ignore the problem(s). YMMV.
In the 'Future Shock' world we live in today, technology moves along so quickly that no product can be thoroughly tested in every way before it's marketed, for anyone who tries that approach will not sell their now-outdated products when their competition brings forth newer more promising products which the market turns toward
It's all a gamble if you want to keep up with the times, and some bets you will lose
I don't think that anyone intended a V2 etal to happen here, though it did because it was the right thing to do. As I see this, save for defective units there are no "bad" A119 series cams, only that some are now better than in the past. From what I can tell by reading of other's experiences. I think I could be happy with any version but I'm not too hard to please with the sole exception being that I want absolute recording reliability which to me over-rides the rest. Again YMMV.
Diogenetically yours,
Phil