paulsiu
New Member
While washing my wife's car, I notice that there is a dent next to the rear wheel. Evidently, someone hit her car and left but the damage was not immediately visible. I have been thinking about how to avoid this issue in the future by installing some sort of Dashcam since this occur during work.
The 2 channel setup is not going to cut it. The collision is on the side, so a front and rear mounted camera won't catch it. Waylen sells a 360 cam, but based on the review, it's not good enough to pick out the license plate.
My thought was to get a pair of Viofo A129 Duo, mount 1 on front and back and the other pair on the side. This would mean 2 sets of sd card, but that's OK I guess. There are a couple of things not clear to me.
1. Is the 1080p resolution be enough to pick out license plate. Keep in mind that it's for parking so things will be lower speed. I live in the Midwest near Chicago, USA so it's short of normal sunny and rainy and there's some snow in the winter. Would this work when it's darker in the evening?
2. Would I need some sort of battery. The setup appears to draw power from the car battery and shut off when the battery is drain to a certain point. I don't need it to record continuously, just when it detects an event.
3. Is there a way to notify me if there is an event. Obviously the damage was done to the car and we didn't notice for a while.
Any suggestion for this setup would be welcome. I have not thought of a dashcam in the past, so I am not sure what to ask.
Paul
The 2 channel setup is not going to cut it. The collision is on the side, so a front and rear mounted camera won't catch it. Waylen sells a 360 cam, but based on the review, it's not good enough to pick out the license plate.
My thought was to get a pair of Viofo A129 Duo, mount 1 on front and back and the other pair on the side. This would mean 2 sets of sd card, but that's OK I guess. There are a couple of things not clear to me.
1. Is the 1080p resolution be enough to pick out license plate. Keep in mind that it's for parking so things will be lower speed. I live in the Midwest near Chicago, USA so it's short of normal sunny and rainy and there's some snow in the winter. Would this work when it's darker in the evening?
2. Would I need some sort of battery. The setup appears to draw power from the car battery and shut off when the battery is drain to a certain point. I don't need it to record continuously, just when it detects an event.
3. Is there a way to notify me if there is an event. Obviously the damage was done to the car and we didn't notice for a while.
Any suggestion for this setup would be welcome. I have not thought of a dashcam in the past, so I am not sure what to ask.
Paul