Does anyone produce a four channel dash cam ?

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Looking for a system to cover all sides of my SUV, does anyone produce such a system or do I have to combine two individual systems.
 
Not in the commercial realm as far as i know.
The technology / hardware are there for it to be done, but at the moment no one dare take the plunge on what will after all be a pretty expensive system.
Sales numbers of dual channel cameras in the years to come, and price drops on hardware will probably prompt some one to do it in the end.

The up and coming dual remote systems will lend them self fine for a quad channel setup, you can also use regular dual channel but then you will have the larger main unit to contend with ( probably on front and rear windows )
Dual remote will have small cameras and a remote unit for storage, and in that case you could have both main units up front and accessible, where as with regular dual channel you will have to go to the rear window to retrieve the memory card of the one set.

you could ofcourse put the main unit of one set as a side camera and have it more accessible from the driver seat, but i dont think this is a good option for a regular car, a SUV or 4X4 of sorts might be okay.
 
I think a 4 camera unit with all the cameras mounted in one housing would be fine, as long as exposure takes into account that it's inside the vehicle.
 
Why? They haven't gotten the single channel developed yet without problems.
 
As I recall, there are some commercials grade "trucker's cam" systems offering 4 channels, but they are very expensive and the ones I have read about had poor video performance on the secondary cams due to the recorder not being able to handle higher data rates. For equal cost you could buy 4 top-level dashcams, or 2 dual channel ones, and get far better video from those. Another thing to consider is that if the recorder fails with these, you lose everything together.

I'd be looking at using 2 dual-channel dashcams instead, or one dual-channel with separate side-cams. It would be a better value with better vids and one failure would not affect all cams, leaving you with at least some solid evidence versus none. I have 4 single-channel cams in my workvan and it is a bit extra to keep up with them but not what I consider excessive.

Phil
 
Yes i think now and in the time to come we might see cheap quad channel systems, but based on older hardware where you have to be creative with the total bitrate available, and resolutions of cameras.
Just like we also saw with the dual channel cameras the past years, and why we could not really recommend anyone taking that route back then.
 
Something like that will go on my dream "car" along with something more massive i can raise up out of my "car" for the big picture with and without FLIR.

Actually i fell over a contender for dream "car" a few days ago, probably more comfortable than the Maruader, but then not bulletproof.

 
One of the cool things about using a network camera system like the AXIS F1 is that along with the SD card storage you could record to a hard drive, SSD or any other NAS. You could also output to a WiFi enabled device, even one with an external antenna.
 
Look closely at the specs on the Axis main unit

1080p @ 12.5 or 15fps and only goes to 25 or 30fps for 720p. That's max for 1-4 cams.

These types of systems are not quite up to snuff for dashcams yet but this is better than any of the others I've seen so far. I didn't want to scare the neighbors by screaming so I didn't look up any prices.

Phil
 
Look closely at the specs on the Axis main unit

1080p @ 12.5 or 15fps and only goes to 25 or 30fps for 720p. That's max for 1-4 cams.

These types of systems are not quite up to snuff for dashcams yet but this is better than any of the others I've seen so far. I didn't want to scare the neighbors by screaming so I didn't look up any prices.

Phil

You're quite right. Come to think of it the Axis F1 was introduced four years ago. Apparently, they have newer models called the Axis F34, F41 and F44 which are higher spec. They use all the same sensors and attachments as the F1.

https://www.axis.com/en-us/products/axis-f41

https://www.axis.com/en-us/products/axis-f-series

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I am sure they have a more recent model more up to snuff, i have seen commercial grade NVRs that support 4K/60 on all cameras though only supporting a couple 100 mbits of incoming data.
At those speeds you will have to RAID several of the harddrives in it to keep up, at least with 16 channel or larger units
 
I know the Volvo(not viofo) is working on 3 channel dash cams for their car.
And some truck manufacture plan to develop a 4 channel dash cam.

For us, a 3 channel like 2 channel(front and interior) in the body, one channel remote (rear) is more reasonable.
 
Found one seller of the DVR $750 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00QHYQ68I/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new

And the cameras $250 https://www.amazon.com/gp/B00NV67NOQ
So about $2k for the recorder, cameras, and power supply

Turns out the F41 base unit you linked to on Amazon is ridiculously overpriced at $714.00. B&H sells it for $499.95 with the other components slightly less than on Amazon. It's still an expensive proposition even at more than 200 dollars less.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...unications_0936_001_f44_dual_audio_input.html

The F44 can only do 1080p @ 15 fps, so it looks like the one to go for would be the F41 which can shoot 1080p @ 60 fps. Interestingly, the F41 sells for only $419.00 at B&H and $404.00 on Amazon. Not really sure of the reason for the lower price or the other differences between the various models in this series. Needs further research.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Axis Communications F41&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=

https://www.amazon.com/gp/B00NV67CKQ
 
Turns out the F41 base unit you linked to on Amazon is ridiculously overpriced at $714.00. B&H sells it for $499.95 with the other components slightly less than on Amazon. It's still an expensive proposition even at more than 200 dollars less.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...unications_0936_001_f44_dual_audio_input.html

The F44 can only do 1080p @ 15 fps, so it looks like the one to go for would be the F41 which can shoot 1080p @ 60 fps. Interestingly, the F41 sells for only $419.00 at B&H and $404.00 on Amazon. Not really sure of the reason for the lower price or the other differences between the various models in this series. Needs further research.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Axis Communications F41&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=

https://www.amazon.com/gp/B00NV67CKQ

The F41 only has a single camera input
 
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