After 2 people decided to drive into my car in 2016 (and one into my fiancee's car) I thought it was about time to get a dashcam.
I spent quite a bit of time lurking here and went for a Blackvue DR650GW-2CH a few months back.
I considered the Lukas AR790WD but even now there seems to be nothing out there which really put me off.
To go with it I got:
* Vico Power-Plus power unit
* Sandisk Endurance 64Gb SD card (one of the better ones).
The blackvue unit itself was 2nd hand, and didn't support the cloud firmware.
I didn't want the cloud functionality - I wanted the upgrade purely for the highest bit rates.
Blackvue support to their credit were very good and upgraded it for me as I was able to give them all the details about the camera.
When I got it back (with 2.0.0.07 firmware) I configured it for max video settings, but I'm pretty disappointed with the results.
* In raw footage it's impossible to make out number plates for the front or rear cameras.
* Low light performance is poor.
I can understand the rear video being worse a bit as I have a Ford with privacy glass. But still, I'm not exactly thrilled and am wondering if i've got a badly focused unit? Perhaps even due to the upgrade?
Other issues I've got are:
* My DAB radio seems to spend time searching - it never did before.
* The blackvue reboots when I start my car. From the sound of it this is down to the auto stop/start technology in the car.
* The android app is flaky at best.
* The lack of linux app is disappointing - I see there are scripts out there to pull videos off but currently I'm just using a wifi card and manually wget'ing the videos I want from the vod.cgi list.
I know these have largely been discussed before, but if anyone has any new insight into these issues I would appreciate it.
I've made a youtube channel with a little sample video from the front and rear camera, with the usual sort of driving experience I have on a daily basis.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0H4WNvzeZGbf0g9SAUuZdQ
I appreciate youtube appears to have processed the video a bit but to be honest it's not a whole lot different from the original.
I spent quite a bit of time lurking here and went for a Blackvue DR650GW-2CH a few months back.
I considered the Lukas AR790WD but even now there seems to be nothing out there which really put me off.
To go with it I got:
* Vico Power-Plus power unit
* Sandisk Endurance 64Gb SD card (one of the better ones).
The blackvue unit itself was 2nd hand, and didn't support the cloud firmware.
I didn't want the cloud functionality - I wanted the upgrade purely for the highest bit rates.
Blackvue support to their credit were very good and upgraded it for me as I was able to give them all the details about the camera.
When I got it back (with 2.0.0.07 firmware) I configured it for max video settings, but I'm pretty disappointed with the results.
* In raw footage it's impossible to make out number plates for the front or rear cameras.
* Low light performance is poor.
I can understand the rear video being worse a bit as I have a Ford with privacy glass. But still, I'm not exactly thrilled and am wondering if i've got a badly focused unit? Perhaps even due to the upgrade?
Other issues I've got are:
* My DAB radio seems to spend time searching - it never did before.
* The blackvue reboots when I start my car. From the sound of it this is down to the auto stop/start technology in the car.
* The android app is flaky at best.
* The lack of linux app is disappointing - I see there are scripts out there to pull videos off but currently I'm just using a wifi card and manually wget'ing the videos I want from the vod.cgi list.
I know these have largely been discussed before, but if anyone has any new insight into these issues I would appreciate it.
I've made a youtube channel with a little sample video from the front and rear camera, with the usual sort of driving experience I have on a daily basis.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0H4WNvzeZGbf0g9SAUuZdQ
I appreciate youtube appears to have processed the video a bit but to be honest it's not a whole lot different from the original.
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