SawMaster
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I doubt there is enough revenue in dashcams to so any more than us being done now by way of product testing. It's certainly not multi-millions. After spending to create a cam there's not going to be much left to pay for a team of folks to test it. We've got a handful of cam-savvy members here who do uncompensated beta testing- those folks will wring the software's neck thoroughly, but they're not the kind to drop cams on hard floors or set them next to a steamy humidifier or leave them outside in a misty rain. You're not supposed to do that to a so if it fails that it is not the manufacturers fault in any way. But that's what will happen when a cam reaches the consumers and they are not going to tell you of how they abused it. It's only when the cam gets RMA'd and back in the hands of the manufacturer will that be discovered. There are only a limited number of pre-production cams available for testing; you're essentially giving away thousands of dollars in merchandise all paid for by you, because those cams can't be sold afterward as new and there are essentially no components on them worth the time it takes to salvage for further use. We're not talking budgets like Porsche and Rolex and Nikon here- there's just not that kind of money in dashcams so why is it that you expect more?
c4rc4m, you've popped up all over DCT to criticise and complain about what happens and contributed little toward helping the manufacturers here to improve their products. You can't seem to understand why a $100 video cam doesn't perform like a $1000 SLR single-pic cam even though you seem to well understand the way they work. I for one am getting rather tired of your constant complaining, biching, and moaning. If you don't like how dashcams are being done why don't you do us all a favor and make the perfect dashcam since you think you know what that is and think you know how to do it better than those who've been doing it for years Go ahead- I dare you. I can tell you already that you aren't capable of doing that on a commercially successful scale even if you had a financial angel's backing. You don't have the experience needed to wind your way through all the problems inherent in making and marketing dashcams. You're an "armchair quarterback" who will never be happy with anything because you think you can do better when the truth is that you'd not last halfway through the first quarter of an easy game before getting thrown out of the stadium by your own team.
You have useful knowledge but you don't wield it well. You lack the social skills needed to interact with and help others make better things for you. I doubt that you'll take the long hard look in the mirror that would make you a better contributor here, or even one whose posts are truly worth reading. You can change that and I for one wish you would. Stop whining and moaning and making stupid comparisons between apples and oranges- nobody likes that in anybody- and get a grip on the reality of dashcams and their makers and the myriad problems they have to contend with to make or improve their products on their limited budgets. Take it one step even further- offer to pay them for their beta-test cam and see just what you can do there yourself- I'm sure they can use the money they're currently throwing away giving beta-test cams out to real-world users for free like they're doing now, and if you're as smart as you think you are then you will find and fix every possible flaw and problem which crops up saving them the time and money they invest in doing that themselves now. Then perhaps we will all get only fully developed perfect dashcams every time before new technology comes along and raises the bar again as it always does making you start the whole process over again just to remain viable in a tight market. You seem to think that is possible so now go prove it or STFU with the incessant whining you're doing here on DCT that is only making things worse instead of better
Sincerely.
Phil
c4rc4m, you've popped up all over DCT to criticise and complain about what happens and contributed little toward helping the manufacturers here to improve their products. You can't seem to understand why a $100 video cam doesn't perform like a $1000 SLR single-pic cam even though you seem to well understand the way they work. I for one am getting rather tired of your constant complaining, biching, and moaning. If you don't like how dashcams are being done why don't you do us all a favor and make the perfect dashcam since you think you know what that is and think you know how to do it better than those who've been doing it for years Go ahead- I dare you. I can tell you already that you aren't capable of doing that on a commercially successful scale even if you had a financial angel's backing. You don't have the experience needed to wind your way through all the problems inherent in making and marketing dashcams. You're an "armchair quarterback" who will never be happy with anything because you think you can do better when the truth is that you'd not last halfway through the first quarter of an easy game before getting thrown out of the stadium by your own team.
You have useful knowledge but you don't wield it well. You lack the social skills needed to interact with and help others make better things for you. I doubt that you'll take the long hard look in the mirror that would make you a better contributor here, or even one whose posts are truly worth reading. You can change that and I for one wish you would. Stop whining and moaning and making stupid comparisons between apples and oranges- nobody likes that in anybody- and get a grip on the reality of dashcams and their makers and the myriad problems they have to contend with to make or improve their products on their limited budgets. Take it one step even further- offer to pay them for their beta-test cam and see just what you can do there yourself- I'm sure they can use the money they're currently throwing away giving beta-test cams out to real-world users for free like they're doing now, and if you're as smart as you think you are then you will find and fix every possible flaw and problem which crops up saving them the time and money they invest in doing that themselves now. Then perhaps we will all get only fully developed perfect dashcams every time before new technology comes along and raises the bar again as it always does making you start the whole process over again just to remain viable in a tight market. You seem to think that is possible so now go prove it or STFU with the incessant whining you're doing here on DCT that is only making things worse instead of better
Sincerely.
Phil