Paul Anderegg
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Just received my REPLACEMENT 970X-2CH Plus from blackboxmycar, after the initial one exhibited front lens focus (backfocus appeared off), noise, patterns, and video level issues. Popped it in the car for the night to see how it goes, but for now, wanted to post some screen grabs of what the video looked like to an editing suite, which explains a lot such as why the blacks are too black on the rear camera, and contrast due to low video levels.
For reference, firmware 1.000 produces a white level of 93% and black level of 3%, so basically the entire video range is compressed.
@rcg530 Have you peeped your clips in an editor to determine where your video levels reside? The images here were sent to BlackVue and they authorized an RMA based on these and the linked YouTube clip (The original files used for the clip). They deemed these issues as indicative of "defective" sample. Firmware 1.001 altered the video levels a bit, but still not accurate, and image quality remained identical 1000 vs 1.001 when video levels were manually matched in post.
For reference, firmware 1.000 produces a white level of 93% and black level of 3%, so basically the entire video range is compressed.
@rcg530 Have you peeped your clips in an editor to determine where your video levels reside? The images here were sent to BlackVue and they authorized an RMA based on these and the linked YouTube clip (The original files used for the clip). They deemed these issues as indicative of "defective" sample. Firmware 1.001 altered the video levels a bit, but still not accurate, and image quality remained identical 1000 vs 1.001 when video levels were manually matched in post.