Hi to everybody. I've been ready your very comprehensive forum for a while and I learned a lot. Now I think is time to post my first message/thread and the occasion is to ask you for some clarification/suggestion/consideration. I have a BMW F45 (225xe) while my wife own a 2015 Toyota Yaris Hybrid. I intend to install on both cars a dual channel camera in order to have some evidences of events and avoid discussions with other drivers in case of problems, things that in Italy could get nasty.
therefore, I was looking for:
1) the best video quality possible, day and night, since is rather useless to have a camera that is not able to fix plate numbers in different situations;
2) buffered parking mode
3) GPS
4) look as discreet as possible, since I get annoyed by stuff hanging in the middle of my field of view.
That said, after lots of researches, videos, comparatives, forums, queries to manufacturers and so on, I was convinced to purchase a VIOFO A129 duo for both cars since I thought it was the better choice.
But, lately I am starting to like the BMW Advanced Eye 2.0 for my car. I got in touch with Noritel.de (which, if I understood it properly, is the supplier for this and other components for BMW) that clarified some issues I was struggling to understand, especially concerning the parking buffered mode which is present (10 second prior and after the event). I also like a lot the radar-based motion detection, maybe it ensure less false alarms in this mode. Yes, it is bulky but the front camera is smaller than VIOFO, the rear is bigger but given the nature of my back window every other rear camera, regardless of its size, is going to be in the rear field of view so not a huge issue here.
My only concern is about Video Quality and Night vision. I read this thread https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threads/bmw-announces-oem-dash-cam.38739/ in which someone mentioned:
SoC: iCatch SPCA6350/V35
Front CMOS sensor: Panasonic MN34229
Rear camera: AHD
They are meaning nothing to me so I was wondering how they compare with the high rated Sony Starvis and other chipset, if anyone knows that? Any user who actually install it and could provide his impression? Any other suggestion or consideration?
Thanks
therefore, I was looking for:
1) the best video quality possible, day and night, since is rather useless to have a camera that is not able to fix plate numbers in different situations;
2) buffered parking mode
3) GPS
4) look as discreet as possible, since I get annoyed by stuff hanging in the middle of my field of view.
That said, after lots of researches, videos, comparatives, forums, queries to manufacturers and so on, I was convinced to purchase a VIOFO A129 duo for both cars since I thought it was the better choice.
But, lately I am starting to like the BMW Advanced Eye 2.0 for my car. I got in touch with Noritel.de (which, if I understood it properly, is the supplier for this and other components for BMW) that clarified some issues I was struggling to understand, especially concerning the parking buffered mode which is present (10 second prior and after the event). I also like a lot the radar-based motion detection, maybe it ensure less false alarms in this mode. Yes, it is bulky but the front camera is smaller than VIOFO, the rear is bigger but given the nature of my back window every other rear camera, regardless of its size, is going to be in the rear field of view so not a huge issue here.
My only concern is about Video Quality and Night vision. I read this thread https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threads/bmw-announces-oem-dash-cam.38739/ in which someone mentioned:
SoC: iCatch SPCA6350/V35
Front CMOS sensor: Panasonic MN34229
Rear camera: AHD
They are meaning nothing to me so I was wondering how they compare with the high rated Sony Starvis and other chipset, if anyone knows that? Any user who actually install it and could provide his impression? Any other suggestion or consideration?
Thanks