teddoman
New Member
It seems to me there are 3 needs for car cameras:
1. Front and rear parking assistance
2. Accident recording
3. Recording while parked (recording for anti-theft or non-moving accident)
It seems like you have to buy a separate set of cameras for each of these functionalities. As a new owner, I'm just wondering why I have to buy parking cameras, and then on top of that, I also have to buy dash cams to get accident information, all to get what seems to be roughly similar video information. Why isn't there a way to integrate these two video requirements into a single product?
Why are dash cams for recording accidents separate from front or rear parking cameras that are mounted on the license plate or grill of the car? I understand that in an accident, an externally mounted camera would be destroyed, but couldn't a separate DVR simply be installed in the interior cabin of the car to record the video from the front and rear parking cameras? Does an accident camera have to be mounted high up to give a useful vantage point for recording what happens in an accident? Would a low mounted parking camera provide an equal amount of information? Seems like a waste of money buying so many cameras for overlapping functionality.
One issue seems to be when the cameras are recording data. Parking cameras are set to turn on when the car is moving (e.g. in reverse). Accident cameras are on when the car is moving only. Theft cameras are on when the car isn't moving. Couldn't you have a camera set up to be always on and always recording? It would probably be wise if it supported a higher memory card like 64 GB, or had two slots for 32 GB cards.
It seems like cameras should be designed so that the monitor and the memory card slots should be separate from the lens, connected by wire, and purchased separately, to allow more installation flexibility. Someone buying with anti-theft in mind would want to be able to place the SD cards in a secure location away from the camera itself, for example. Many cars have in car displays and a monitor may be a waste for some buyers. Etc.
1. Front and rear parking assistance
2. Accident recording
3. Recording while parked (recording for anti-theft or non-moving accident)
It seems like you have to buy a separate set of cameras for each of these functionalities. As a new owner, I'm just wondering why I have to buy parking cameras, and then on top of that, I also have to buy dash cams to get accident information, all to get what seems to be roughly similar video information. Why isn't there a way to integrate these two video requirements into a single product?
Why are dash cams for recording accidents separate from front or rear parking cameras that are mounted on the license plate or grill of the car? I understand that in an accident, an externally mounted camera would be destroyed, but couldn't a separate DVR simply be installed in the interior cabin of the car to record the video from the front and rear parking cameras? Does an accident camera have to be mounted high up to give a useful vantage point for recording what happens in an accident? Would a low mounted parking camera provide an equal amount of information? Seems like a waste of money buying so many cameras for overlapping functionality.
One issue seems to be when the cameras are recording data. Parking cameras are set to turn on when the car is moving (e.g. in reverse). Accident cameras are on when the car is moving only. Theft cameras are on when the car isn't moving. Couldn't you have a camera set up to be always on and always recording? It would probably be wise if it supported a higher memory card like 64 GB, or had two slots for 32 GB cards.
It seems like cameras should be designed so that the monitor and the memory card slots should be separate from the lens, connected by wire, and purchased separately, to allow more installation flexibility. Someone buying with anti-theft in mind would want to be able to place the SD cards in a secure location away from the camera itself, for example. Many cars have in car displays and a monitor may be a waste for some buyers. Etc.
