I have noticed that the GT550W's motion sensing does not quite seem to be sensitive enough, and when it is on and I come to a stop light, it often stops recording. I would have hoped that if there was full motion 10 seconds ago, it would continue recording continuously for ~5 minutes or so before it would go in to "parking mode" (i.e., motion detection). But, instead it seems that as soon as the g-sensor and motion detection sensor stops triggering, it stops recording. It seems like cars moving at a distance are not enough to keep it going.
I wanted to keep motion detection on so that I get a deeper history of video (i.e., my oldest video is a few days old, and not just 8 hours old), however motion detection seems to create more video holes than I'd like. What are peoples experience with motion detection on this camera? Sometimes damage can be minor (e.g., a scraped bumper), but it might take a day to notice it. Therefore, I'd like a deeper history which I figured motion detection would help create.
I wanted to keep motion detection on so that I get a deeper history of video (i.e., my oldest video is a few days old, and not just 8 hours old), however motion detection seems to create more video holes than I'd like. What are peoples experience with motion detection on this camera? Sometimes damage can be minor (e.g., a scraped bumper), but it might take a day to notice it. Therefore, I'd like a deeper history which I figured motion detection would help create.